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Biography & Autobiography. Family & Relationships. Sociology. Nonfiction. HTML:This inspiring memoir by the Muslim American Gold Star father and captivating DNC speaker is the story of one family�s pursuit of the American dream. NAMED ONE OF THE FIVE BEST MEMOIRS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST �Moving . . . a story about family and faith, told with a poet�s sensibility . . . Khizr Khan�s book can teach all of us what real American patriotism looks like.� �The New York Times Book Review In fewer than three hundred words, Khizr Khan electrified viewers around the world when he took the stage at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. And when he offered to lend Donald Trump his own much-read and dog-eared pocket Constitution, his gesture perfectly encapsulated the feelings of millions. But who was that man, standing beside his wife, extolling the promises and virtues of the U.S. Constitution? In this urgent and timeless immigrant story, we learn that Khizr Khan has been many things. He was the oldest of ten children born to farmers in Pakistan, and a curious and thoughtful boy who listened rapt as his grandfather recited Rumi beneath the moonlight. He was a university student who read the Declaration of Independence and was awestruck by what might be possible in life. He was a hopeful suitor, awkwardly but earnestly trying to win the heart of a woman far out of his league. He was a brilliant and diligent young family man who worked two jobs to save enough money to put himself through Harvard Law School. He was a loving father who, having instilled in his children the ideals that brought him and his wife to America�the sense of shared dignity and mutual responsibility�tragically lost his son, an Army captain killed while protecting his base camp in Iraq. He was and is a patriot, and a fierce advocate for the rights, dignities, and values enshrined in the American system. An American Family shows us who Khizr Khan and millions of other American immigrants are, and why�especially in these tumultuous times�we must not be afraid to step forward for what we believe in when it matters most. Praise for An American Family �An American Family is a small but lovely immigrant�s journey, full of carefully observed details from the order in which Ghazala served tea at a university event, to the schedule of the police patrols in the Boston Public Garden where Khan briefly slept while he was in between apartments, to the description of Humayun�s headstone as a �slab of white marble with soft streaks the color of wood smoke.���Alyssa Rosenberg, The Washington Post.… (more)
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This is a very intelligent, thoughtful man who has a lot to say regarding reasonable discourse about divisive matters. He also has a flair for telling his story.
Born in Pakistan, he came from a family of farmers. His father, although uneducated, was an insightful man who instilled a love of God, fellow humans and education in his son.
As a student, Khan found a copy of the US Declaration of Independence and Constitution in a used book store. He was completely unfamiliar with US history, but was immediately struck that some people believe that some truths about freedoms and rights were self-evident and God given. His homeland of Pakistan did not recognize of these concepts.
So began his journey to America.
This is probably one of the most uplifting books you will read this year. Don't miss the experience.
By Khizr Khan
2017
Khizr Khan, the DNC speaker and his wife, Ghazal are Gold Star parents, who lost their son US Army Captain, Humayun,in 2004 during the Iraq War. This amazing memoir of a man whose dream and promise of a new life,
Moving story. ...a reminder to us all what it really means to America great again.
Highly recommended. ..keep the tissues handy, this is a tearjerker....