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Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Born

in Mogadishu, Somalia

November 13, 1969

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Biographies & Memoirs, Religion & Spirituality, Women & Gender Studies

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali (Somali: Ayaan Xirsi Cali; born Ayaan Hirsi Magan 13 November 1969) is a Dutch feminist, writer, and politician. She is the estranged 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 death threats. Since van Gogh's murder by a Muslim in 2004, she has lived in seclusion under the protection of Dutch authorities.

When she was eight, her 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 el ...more

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Average rating: 4.17 · 106,600 ratings · 8,918 reviews · 29 distinct works 鈥� Similar authors

	Infidel 4.20 avg rating — 91,587 ratings — published 2006 — 88 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations 3.95 avg rating — 5,517 ratings — published 2010 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now 4.15 avg rating — 4,688 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam 3.76 avg rating — 2,733 ratings — published 2002 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prey: Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women's Rights 4.12 avg rating — 1,205 ratings — published 2021 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De zoontjesfabriek: Over vrouwen, islam en integratie 3.36 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Challenge of Dawa: Political Islam as Ideology and Movement and How to Counter It 4.12 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Adan en Eva 3.23 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The West and the Future of Islam: A Debate Between Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Ed Husain by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Ed Husain 3.55 avg rating — 20 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ayaan verzameld : essays en toespraken 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The only position that leaves me with no cognitive dissonance is atheism. It is not a creed. Death is certain, replacing both the siren-song of Paradise and the dread of Hell. Life on this earth, with all its mystery and beauty and pain, is then to be lived far more intensely: we stumble and get up, we are sad, confident, insecure, feel loneliness and joy and love. There is nothing more; but I want nothing more.”
― Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Infidel

tags: atheism, death, inspirational, life

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“Tolerance of intolerance is cowardice.”
― Ayaan Hirsi Ali

tags: cowardice, inspirational, intolerance, tolerance

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“As a woman you are better off in life earning your own money. You couldn't prevent your husband from leaving you or taking another wife, but you could have some of your dignity if you didn't have to beg him for financial support.”
― Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Infidel

tags: feminism, financial-freedom, islam

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What would you like to read for February's Group Read? Our theme is Civil Rights.

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

24 votes 22.6%

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

17 votes 16.0%

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

17 votes 16.0%

Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

14 votes 13.2%

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown

11 votes 10.4%

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

8 votes 7.5%

Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin

7 votes 6.6%

While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age During the Civil Rights Movement by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

7 votes 6.6%

Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin by Hampton Sides

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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

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