Taysir Abu Saada
Taysir Abu Saada (Arabic: تيسير أبو سعدة; 3 February 1951 – 1 April 2026), also known as Tass Saada, is an author born 1951 in the Gaza Strip and then grew up in Saudi Arabia and Qatar. He is a former member of the PLO, who converted to Christianity and became the founder of the humanitarian organizations Hope for Ishmael and Seeds of Hope. Before Saada's conversion, he was Yasir Arafat's personal driver.[1][2][3]
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- ↑"سائق عرفات السابق : الرب أعطى الأرض لليهود | Radio Netherlands Worldwide". Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ↑العالمية, إبراهيم حمودة-إذاعة هولندا. "سائق عرفات يروج في كتابة "عرفات بطلي" لفكرة الرب أعطى الأرض لليهود". الهدهد: صحيفة اليكترونية عربية بخمس لغات عالمية.
- ↑Hofman, Helene (2013-06-24). "The PLO sniper who found redemption in the American dream". ABC listen. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
- ↑Saada, Tass (2008-10-01). Once an Arafat Man: The True Story of How a PLO Sniper Found a New Life. Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. ISBN 978-1-4143-2752-5.
- ↑Saada, Tass (2016-07-01). The Mind of Terror: A Former Muslim Sniper Explores What Motivates ISIS and Other Extremist Groups (and how best to respond). NavPress. ISBN 978-1-4964-1461-8.
External links
- Hope For Ishmael websiteArchived 2013-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
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- 1951 births
- Palestinian activists
- Palestinian Protestants
- Palestinian former Muslims
- Palestine Liberation Organization members
- Converts to Protestantism from Islam
- American Protestants
- Palestinian emigrants to the United States
- American former Muslims
- Living people
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