PROFILE
FROM Omar Saif Ghobash
Diplomat: Muslims must take responsibility for Islamic extremism When Omar Saif Ghobash’s father, a diplomat, was assassinated, he started to question the world around him and contemplate violence in the Arab world. Now he’s written a personal yet political book -- in the form of letters to his young son -- about what it means to be a Muslim now.
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