Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Author of Infidel
About the Author
Ayaan Hirsi Ali was born in Somalia and raised a Muslim. She grew up in Africa and Saudi Arabia before seeking asylum in 1992 in the Netherlands, where she went from cleaning factories to winning a seat in the Dutch Parliament. She is a speaker, journalist, and founder of the AHA Foundation. She show more has written several books including Infidel, Nomad, The Caged Virgin, and Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations (2010) 727 copies, 30 reviews
The Challenge of Dawa 6 copies
The girl with the dragon tato 2 copies
The Battle of Ideas: Can the beliefs that feed terrorism be changed : CIS Occasional Paper 149 (2016) 1 copy
සිරගත කන්යාවී 1 කොටස 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Hirsi Ali, Ayaan
- Other names
- Hirsi Magan, Ayaan
- Birthdate
- 1969-11-13
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Somalia (birth)
Netherlands (passport) - Birthplace
- Mogadishu, Somalia
- Places of residence
- Somalia
Ethiopia
Saudi Arabia
Kenya
Netherlands
USA - Education
- Leiden University (Political Science)
- Occupations
- politician
interpreter
Member of Dutch Parliament, Lower House
writer - Relationships
- Ferguson, Niall (husband)
- Organizations
- American Enterprise Institute
the AHA Foundation - Awards and honors
- Time Magazine, 2005: "one of the 100 most influential people in the world"
Norway's Human Rights Service's Bellwether of the Year Award
Danish Freedom Prize
Swedish Democracy Prize
Moral Courage Award for commitment to conflict resolution, ethics, and world citizenship
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- Works
- 20
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 6,630
- Popularity
- #3,695
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 268
- ISBNs
- 171
- Languages
- 15
- Favorited
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has still not taken place. Reformers fear death from the rigid and hate filled Medina and Jihad Muslims.
With the eye-shattering opening of her book, she proves that Islam is not a "religion of peace."