Outskirts Press, INC.

Refugee on a Pendulum is Jemil Metti’s third among three novels he started to pen in 2013. Diversity defined his upbringing as a person, and shaped his unique views of the world. Metti’s social and academic growth in Lebanon, Iraq and the U.S. played a pivotal role in structuring his diverse and complex characters interwoven in his stories and choreographed by settings in the epic centers of contemporary Middle Eastern conflicts. His work encourages the global thread of universal humanitarianism which he believes can pull nations together instead of the deceptive appeals of cultural isolationalism. Metti received a Jesuit education at Baghdad College High School. His B.A., M.A., and Ed.D. degrees were completed at Northern Illinois University, S.U.N.Y - Binghamton, and Detroit’s Wayne State University respectively. He originally explored career options in diplomacy, print and electronic journalism, real estate sales, middle school through high school ESL instruction, and college political science teaching, and eventually writing.