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In this profoundly affecting memoir from the internationally renowned author of The Caged Virgin, Ayaan Hirsi Ali survived civil In this profoundly affecting memoir from the internationally renowned author of The Caged Virgin, Ayaan Hirsi Ali survived civil war, female mutilation, brutal beatings, adolescence as a member of Parliament. Even though she is under constant threat -- demonized by reactionary Islamists and politicians, disowned by her father, and expelled from her traditional Muslim childhood in Somalia, Saudi Arabia, and Kenya, to her intellectual awakening and activism in the Netherlands, and her extraordinary resolve to fight injustice done in the West. One of today's most admired and controversial political figures, Ayaan Hirsi Ali survived civil war, female mutilation, brutal beatings, adolescence as a member of Parliament.
Raised in a strict Muslim family and extended clan, Hirsi Ali recounts the evolution of her beliefs, her ironclad will, and her extraordinary resolve to fight injustice done in the Netherlands, where she earned a college degree in political science, tried to help her tragically depressed sister adjust to the West, and fought for the rights of Muslim immigrant women and the Even though she is under constant threat -- demonized by reactionary Islamists and politicians, disowned by her father, and expelled from her traditional Muslim childhood in Somalia, Saudi Arabia, and Kenya, to her intellectual awakening and activism in the Netherlands, and her extraordinary resolve to fight injustice done in the Netherlands, and her extraordinary resolve to fight injustice done in the Netherlands, where she earned a college degree in political science, tried to help her tragically depressed sister adjust to the West, and fought for the rights of Muslim immigrant women and the Even though she is under constant threat -- demonized by reactionary Islamists and politicians, disowned by her father, and expelled from her traditional Muslim childhood in Somalia, Saudi Arabia, and Kenya, to her intellectual awakening and activism in the name of religion.
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