03499nam a2200373 4500 156506 156506 1 0 20240209125541.0 0 9781416526247 1416526242 ATEN eng ATEN YDXCP BAKER MPI JBO UPP CDX ORX OCLCA OCLCQ BDX CUK NSB P4I OCLCA OCLCF OCLCO OCLCQ OCLCO CN5O4 MM3 OCLCQ WRF NZIPP ALDPL BYV CHILD OWU e- 21 949.2073092 HIR Hirsi Ali, Ayaan, 1969- 24412 Infidel: First Free Press trade paperback edition New York : Free Press, 2008 xxii, 361 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes reading group guide My Childhood. Bloodlines ; Under the Talal tree ; Playing tag in Allah's Palace ; Weeping orphans and widowed wives ; Secret rendezvous, sex, and the scent of Sukumawiki ; Doubt and defiance ; Disillusion and deceit ; Refugees ; Abeh -- My Freedom. Running away ; A trial by the Elders ; Haweya ; Leiden ; Leaving God ; Threats ; Politics ; The murder of Theo ; The letter of the law Ultimately a celebration of triumph over adversity, the author'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. In this memoir she 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. She burst into international headlines following an Islamist's murder of her colleague, Theo van Gogh, with whom she made the movie Submission. This is the story of the coming of age of this political superstar and champion of free speech. With a gimlet eye and measured, often ironic, voice, she 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, she 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 Hirsi Ali, Ayaan, 1969- 24412 Politicians Netherlands Biography 24413 Muslims Netherlands Biography 24414 Refugees Netherlands Biography 24415 Autobiographies. lcgft 11752 Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2008272911-t.html Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2008272911-d.html ddc BK 0 0 ddc 0 0 ATEN ATEN 2019-12-08 Jeevan Karki 0.00 0 949.2073092 HIR AATEN018168 2019-12-08 00:00:00 2019-12-08 BK