Mosab Hassan Yousef was born in Ramallah, in the West Bank in 1978. His father, Sheikh Hassan Yousef, is a founding leader of Hamas, internationally recognized as a terrorist organization and responsible for countless suicide bombings and other deadly attacks against Israel. Yousef was an integral part of the movement, for which he was imprisoned several times by the Shin Bet, the Israeli intelligence service. He withstood torture in prison only to discover Hamas was torturing its own people in a relentless search for collaborators. He began to question who his enemies really were— Israel? Hamas? America? After a chance encounter with a British tourist, Yousef started a six-year quest that jeopardized Hamas, endangered his family and threatened his life. Throughout his incredible life, he experienced many divine interventions in the form of supernatural protection and guidance. He has since embraced faith in Jesus Christ. His autobiography is called “Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices.”
You share the feelings of Mosab as he tries to find himself and do what he thinks is right. The book tells of his struggles to find the place in his life for his family, his country and his religion. A country that he thinks is his enemy gives him what his own country can not or will not give him. Israel gives him hope as well as the courage to make a difference.
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