Nonie Darwish: “The Non-Muslim World Must Have No Illusions.”

by Phyllis Chesler
Pajamas Media
January 7, 2009

http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/402/nonie-darwish-the-non-muslim-world-must-have-no

Excerpt:

Author Nonie Darwish on Gaza and on the “Terrifying Global Implications of Sharia Law.

Gazan-Egyptian, Nonie Darwish, well known as a “Muslim Shahid’s daughter,” (her father died in battle against the Israelis), is an amazingly brave woman who, unsurprisingly, writes amazingly brave books. Her first book, Now They Call me Infidel. Why I Renounced Jihad for America, Israel, and the War on Terror was first published in 2006. She is also the founder of the organization Arabs for Israel.

I am honored to have her as a friend and a colleague. Nonie is a warm and eloquent woman. She is neither shrill nor angry. She is strong and passionate, a maternal figure, really, but she more than holds her own when she speaks. Nonie grew up in Gaza when it was under Egyptian control, and then moved to Cairo. She now lives in southern California and is the married mother of three children who are 14, 25, and 27 years old. She was formerly a Muslim.

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