"Blood for Honor" Book Launch + Free Amir Event on Nov. 8th at Shade Hotel

On Sunday Nov. 8, 2015, United States Marine Corp Veteran Gabriel Justice will celebrate the release of his book Blood for Honor, a biographical account of his life being raised in dual cultures, at the Shade Hotel in Manhattan Beach, just in advance of Nov. 11th Veterans’ Day.

Justice was born in the United States to a Mexican-American mother who left the U.S. for Saudi Arabia and converted to Islam to marry a Saudi national. This cultural paradox caused tremendous internal conflict, as he was raised within an ultra-conservative Islamic culture which, at its core, rejected his American heritage and background. This cultural, philosophical and religious dichotomy resulted in Justice becoming an outcast in his own society as he grew older, and at 18, Justice decided to leave Saudi Arabia and join the United States Marine Corps.

Justice performed two back-to-back tours in the Iraq war. His expertise in the Islamic culture and fluency in the Arabic language enabled him to obtain a Top Secret security clearance and become an expert linguist, interrogator, negotiator, undercover/intelligence Marine, regional expert, and personal bodyguard and translator to high profile US and Iraqi military and government officials.

Justice suffered tremendously from PTSD upon his return to the U.S. Searching for healing, Justice investigated a variety of methods to recover from the severe trauma and hospitalization his experiences in war had caused. Blood for Honor is inspirational to combat veterans and other individuals who confront similar issues, such as PTSD, drug/alcohol addiction, incredibly difficult life decisions, or even cultural and familial rejection.

Ten years after being honorably discharged from the Marine Corps, Justice has made a successful journey into entertainment, finance, import-export trade, culinary arts, entrepreneurship and investing, which he attributes to his philosophy to “never surrender”, while fighting to live a healthy, happy and peaceful life. The book is a celebration of his positive journey.

The Nov. 8th event also brings attention to the plight of former U.S. Marine Amir Hekmati, who was unjustly imprisoned in Iran in 2011 after being accused of spying for the CIA, while visiting his dying grandmother. Michigan-born Hekmati is currently serving a 10-year prison sentence. A Free Amir Campaign (http://freeamir.org/) and social media pages have been set up by Hekmati’s family and friends to help secure his immediate release. Hekmati and Justice became close friends during their one year of linguistic training at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, Calif.

Justice plans to donate $1.00 from each sale of his book to this campaign, in addition to continuing to raise public awareness of Hekmati’s imprisonment via interviews with the media, and enlisting grassroots support for this cause. See Justice’s Fox news interview: http://insider.foxnews.com/2015/04/09/friend-amir-hekmati-john-kerry-playing-footsie-iran-while-marine-tortured.

Event details here.

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