Ayaan Hirsi Ali | Nomad: A Memoir
Recorded 6/3/2010
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Born in Somalia and raised Muslim, Ayaan Hirsi Ali fled to Holland, where she eventually became a member of the Dutch parliament, to avoid a forced marriage. An outspoken advocate for the rights of women and a staunch critic of Islamic extremism, Ali made a documentary about domestic abuse among Muslim women with director Theo van Gogh, who was subsequently killed by an Islamic extremist. Continuing death threats have forced her into hiding. Her first book, The Caged Virgin, was a collection of essays concerning the oppression of Muslim women. In Nomad Ali tells the story of her search for a new life in the United States. Interviewed by Tamala Edwards, 6abc.