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Kameel Nasr (born 15 August 1949) is an American author of bicycling adventure books, of a study of Middle East terrorism, and of a Boston cozy mystery series. His study of the covert war between Israel and Palestinians was one of the first books on the subject and widely quoted in other studies.

Early Life Kameel Nasr was born in Beirut, Lebanon, of Palestinian parents, the second child of Selwa, from Jerusalem, and Selim, from Nazareth. They took refuge in Lebanon during the creation of 1948 Arab–Israeli War. The family emigrated to the United States in 1956. They had booked passage on the ill-fated Andrea Doria in July, but they missed the connection, taking instead the sister ship Cristoforo Colombo to New York. They settled in San Francisco. In 1971 Nasr joined The Process Church, a religious group dedicated to advancing spiritual awareness. Disillusioned, he left in 1977. He took an MA in literature at DePaul University a few years after. Adventure Bicycling Nasr started long distance bicycling in 1980. He first rode from Chicago to San Francisco, and then took two lengthy around the world trips in the early 1980s, riding 40,000 miles through seventy countries. His book, The World Up Close chronicles his journey through the eyes of a "citizen of the world" by documenting his immersion into a vast array of different cultures and personal growth. He continues riding. Career Nasr’s first book, The World Up Close, came out in 1990, published by Mills and Sanderson and was republished in Italian by _____ in ____. He published two other practical guides to bicycling published by Bicycle Books: Bicycle Touring International- The Complete Book On Adventure Cycling and Cycling the Mediterranean : Bicycle Tours In Spain, France, Italy, Greece, and Beyond. While working as a journalist in Jerusalem, Nasr co-authored Children of Palestinian Refugees vs. the Israeli Military (BIP Press, 1986) and later Arab and Israeli Terrorism (McFarland, 1997). The book centers on the Abu Nidal terrorist group and claims that Israel had infiltrated or controlled the group’s actions.