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Nomad: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations

ISBN:
(US Hardback) 9781439157312
(US Paperback) 9781847398185
(UK Paperback) 9781847376640
(AU Paperback) 9780732289775
Author: Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Publisher: US Hardback: Free Press; UK & US Paperback: Simon ∓ Schuster; AU: Harper Collins

BOOK DESCRIPTION:
In this highly personal follow-up to Infidel, Ayaan Hirsi Ali examines the high cost of freedom — estrangement from her family and country, the loud criticism of her by many Muslims (some of them women), the 24-hour security which came as a result of death threats, and her struggle to come to terms with an often lonely independence. She records the painful reconciliation with her beloved father, who had disowned her when she began criticising Islam, and the sorts of conflicts inherent in feeling torn between heart and mind. And as she delves into Islam's obsessions with virginity and the code of honour, she asks the question on everyone's mind: why do so many women embrace a religion which shuns them? Weaving together memoir and reportage, Ayaan confronts the complacency and ignorance that often colour intellectual debate on Islam. With disarming honesty, she shares her experiences, doubts and insights.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Dutch feminist activist, writer, politician and founder of the women's rights organization the AHA Foundation. She is the daughter of the Somali scholar, politician, and revolutionary opposition leader Hirsi Magan Isse. She is a prominent critic of Islam, and her screenplay for Theo van Gogh's movie Submission led to the assassination of the film-maker and death threats against Hirsi Ali.

When she was eight, Hirsi Ali's family left Somalia for Saudi Arabia, then Ethiopia, and eventually settled in Kenya. She sought and obtained political asylum in the Netherlands in 1992, under circumstances that later became the center of a political controversy. In 2003 she was elected a member of the House of Representatives (the lower house of the Dutch parliament), representing the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). A political crisis surrounding the potential stripping of her Dutch citizenship led to her resignation from the parliament, and led indirectly to the fall of the second Balkenende cabinet.

Hirsi Ali is currently a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, and has been living in the United States. In 2005, she was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. She has also received several awards including a free speech award from the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, the Swedish Liberal Party's Democracy Prize, and the Moral Courage Award for commitment to conflict resolution, ethics, and world citizenship. In 2006 she published her memoir, which appeared in English translation in 2007 titled Infidel.

More information on Ms Hirsi Ali can be found on Wikipedia from which the above bio has been extracted.
 

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Infidel

ISBN:
(US Paperback) 9781416526247
(US Paperback) 9780743289696
(US Audiobook) 9781428156586
Author(s): Ayaan Hirsi Ali Publisher: Pocket Books; Free Press; Recorded Books

BOOK DESCRIPTION:
Ayaan Hirsi Ali is one of today's most admired and controversial political figures. She burst into international headlines following the murder of Theo van Gogh by an Islamist who threatened she would be next. An international bestseller, her life story INFIDEL shows the coming of age of this elegant, distinguished — and sometimes reviled — political superstar and champion of free speech. Ultimately a celebration of triumph over adversity, Hirsi Ali's story tells how a bright, curious, dutiful little girl evolves into a pioneering freedom fighter. As Western governments struggle to balance democratic ideals with religious pressures, no other book could be more timely, or more significant.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Dutch feminist activist, writer, politician and founder of the women's rights organization the AHA Foundation. She is the daughter of the Somali scholar, politician, and revolutionary opposition leader Hirsi Magan Isse. She is a prominent critic of Islam, and her screenplay for Theo van Gogh's movie Submission led to the assassination of the film-maker and death threats against Hirsi Ali.
 

Click the image above to see the interview Ayaan Hirsi Ali gave Jennifer Byrne on ABC Television

When she was eight, Hirsi Ali's family left Somalia for Saudi Arabia, then Ethiopia, and eventually settled in Kenya. She sought and obtained political asylum in the Netherlands in 1992, under circumstances that later became the center of a political controversy. In 2003 she was elected a member of the House of Representatives (the lower house of the Dutch parliament), representing the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). A political crisis surrounding the potential stripping of her Dutch citizenship led to her resignation from the parliament, and led indirectly to the fall of the second Balkenende cabinet.

Hirsi Ali is currently a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, and has been living in the United States. In 2005, she was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. She has also received several awards including a free speech award from the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, the Swedish Liberal Party's Democracy Prize, and the Moral Courage Award for commitment to conflict resolution, ethics, and world citizenship. In 2006 she published her memoir, which appeared in English translation in 2007 titled Infidel.

More information on Ms Hirsi Ali can be found on Wikipedia from which the above bio has been extracted.

REVIEWS:
"One can see her face through the barbed wire of many a stricken refugee camp, and at the doors of many an asylum for the about-to-be-deported. It is not God who decides who will be fortunate in such situations. Infidel shows that a determined woman can change more history than her own." ...Christopher Hitchens, Sunday Times

"Say what you will about Ayaan Hirsi Ali, she fascinates." ...The Economist
 

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The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam

ISBN:
(US Paperback) 9781416526230
(US Paperback) 9780743288347
Author(s): Ayaan Hirsi Ali Publisher: Free Press

BOOK DESCRIPTION:
Raised a Muslim but increasingly outraged by her religion's hostility towards women, Ayaan Hirsi Ali has now become one of today's most talked-about, admired and controversial political figures because of her desire to free women from an oppressive Muslim culture. Her bestselling collection of essays, THE CAGED VIRGIN, now available in English for the first time, brings together some of her most passionate and compelling writing on a wide range of issues concerning Islam. Drawing on her own first-hand experience and cultural background, she assesses the role of women in Islam both in practice and in theory; the rights of the individual; fanaticism; and Western policies towards immigrant communities. Provocative and compelling in equal measure, THE CAGED VIRGIN is an important addition to the ongoing debate about the 'clash of civilizations' and marks the debut of a writer and activist destined to be one of the key international figures of the early twenty-first century.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Dutch feminist activist, writer, politician and founder of the women's rights organization the AHA Foundation. She is the daughter of the Somali scholar, politician, and revolutionary opposition leader Hirsi Magan Isse. She is a prominent critic of Islam, and her screenplay for Theo van Gogh's movie Submission led to the assassination of the film-maker and death threats against Hirsi Ali.

When she was eight, Hirsi Ali's family left Somalia for Saudi Arabia, then Ethiopia, and eventually settled in Kenya. She sought and obtained political asylum in the Netherlands in 1992, under circumstances that later became the center of a political controversy. In 2003 she was elected a member of the House of Representatives (the lower house of the Dutch parliament), representing the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). A political crisis surrounding the potential stripping of her Dutch citizenship led to her resignation from the parliament, and led indirectly to the fall of the second Balkenende cabinet.

Hirsi Ali is currently a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, and has been living in the United States. In 2005, she was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. She has also received several awards including a free speech award from the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, the Swedish Liberal Party's Democracy Prize, and the Moral Courage Award for commitment to conflict resolution, ethics, and world citizenship. In 2006 she published her memoir, which appeared in English translation in 2007 titled Infidel.

More information on Ms Hirsi Ali can be found on Wikipedia from which the above bio has been extracted.