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false <![CDATA[Infidel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170995660m/81227.jpg 81227 20 In this profoundly affecting memoir from the internationally renowned author of The Caged Virgin, Ayaan Hirsi Ali tells her astonishing life story, from her traditional Muslim childhood in Somalia, Saudi Arabia, and Kenya, to her intellectual awakening and activism in the Netherlands, and her current life under armed guard in the West. One of today's most admired and controversial political figures, Ayaan Hirsi Ali burst into international headlines following an Islamist's murder of her colleague, Theo van Gogh, with whom she made the movie Submission. Infidel is the eagerly awaited story of the coming of age of this elegant, distinguished -- and sometimes reviled -- political superstar and champion of free speech. With a gimlet eye and measured, often ironic, voice, Hirsi Ali recounts the evolution of her beliefs, her ironclad will, and her extraordinary resolve to fight injustice done in the name of religion. Raised in a strict Muslim family and extended clan, Hirsi Ali survived civil war, female mutilation, brutal beatings, adolescence as a devout believer during the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, and life in four troubled, unstable countries largely ruled by despots. In her early twenties, she escaped from a forced marriage and sought asylum 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 reform of Islam 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 family and clan -- she refuses to be silenced. Ultimately a celebration of triumph over adversity, Hirsi Ali's story tells how a bright little girl evolved out of dutiful obedience to become an outspoken, pioneering freedom fighter. As Western governments struggle to balance democratic ideals with religious pressures, no story could be timelier or more significant. 1133588 book 2006 Infidel total:5851|5:2694|4:2194|3:805|2:129|1:29| 5851 24948 9591 1803 2 15 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 20 08:20:22 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 08:34:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 13 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 06 11:50:34 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 06 11:52:15 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 6 false false Mon Jan 21 16:29:33 -0800 2008 Mon Jun 11 14:36:35 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 18 17:10:40 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 9 false false Fri Jun 06 13:40:05 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 23 16:20:40 -0700 2009
First time I’ve heard about Miss Hirsi Ali it was after murder of Theo Van Gogh because of his film “Submission-part one” which he made in coll...more...]]> 3 4 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 05 06:19:16 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 21 06:32:30 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 5 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Aug 28 17:16:34 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 21:46:04 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 5 false false Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 14:44:26 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 11:51:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 2 false false Tue Sep 02 15:49:33 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 18:27:10 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 15:49:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 2 false false Fri Mar 07 01:19:30 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 07 01:19:30 -0800 2008 The mainstream Dutch attitude towards anything not 'safe, known and familiar' is to condemn and ridicule it, and to stand up to that pressure shows real strength, faith and individuality. To stand up fo...more...]]> 5 2 true false Sun Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Feb 17 13:38:10 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 20 17:01:30 -0700 2008 Female castration/ mutilation - this isn't in the dark ages.. this happens in mid 1970 and still happens today!!

This is an incredible biography of a girl who was born in a country torn apart by war, in a conti...more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jan 23 19:11:49 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 19:20:27 -0800 2008
"We Muslims had been taught to define life ...more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Jun 27 09:02:58 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 27 09:28:25 -0700 2007 Oriana Fallaci's The Rage and the Pride...more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Mar 13 17:03:03 -0700 2007 Tue Mar 13 17:09:35 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 true false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 14:26:56 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 15:21:46 -0800 2008 1 the shack...more...]]> 5 3 false false Sun Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 03 15:32:23 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 17:14:55 -0700 2008 A Remarkable Transition

What a transition this individual has gone through! This autobiography describes the Somalian author's early life in Mogadishu, Saudi Arabia, and Nairobi, Kenya. Most of it is repressive. She was beaten routinely by her grandmother and mother. She had to do house...more...]]> 2 1 false false Fri Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 30 15:50:23 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 30 16:11:10 -0700 2008
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali tells her story of growing up in an increasingly prohibitive and extremist Muslim Africa, escaping to Holland an...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=81227