{"product_id":"the-blasphemer-waleed-al-husseini-9781628726756","title":"The Blasphemer: The Price I Paid for Rejecting Islam","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe infuriating tale of a young Palestinian punished for exercising his freedom of speech.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike many of his generation, Waleed Al-Husseini began a blog in his twenties. However, unlike many, Waleed also had the misfortune of having been a blogger in Palestine; worse yet, he often criticized Islam and its adherents--and declared himself an apostate--in his writings. The Palestinian Authority did not take well to this and eventually put Waleed in jail without a trial or even a wisp of legal justification. As if this was not bad enough, they placed Waleed in solitary confinement. This state of affairs continued for 11 months. Over the course of this time, Waleed was tortured and suffered innumerable indignities and deprivations simply for having the audacity to speak his mind. Eventually his unjust imprisonment began to draw international attention from foreign governments and human rights organizations, which pressured the Palestinian Authority and finally forced it to provide him a trial and parole. After being paroled, Waleed fled Palestine, first to Jordan and then to France, where he has become an outspoken advocate for freedom of speech and a critic of the state of contemporary Islam. \u003ci\u003eThe Blasphemer\u003c\/i\u003e is a sobering, impassioned recounting of this Kafkaesque experience as well as a searing polemic against the corruption and hypocrisy that define contemporary Palestine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Waleed Al-Husseini\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 162872675X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781628726756\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcade Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Waleed Al-Husseini","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065764196607,"sku":"9781628726756","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_79671d70-1396-4d4a-a87f-9527d55a5c29.jpg?v=1768677114","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-blasphemer-waleed-al-husseini-9781628726756","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}