Title:
Infidel
Author:
Hirsi Ali, Ayaan, 1969-
ISBN:
9781416526247
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Publication Information:
London : Pocket Books, 2007.
Physical Description:
xii, 353 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm
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Cover subtitle: My life.
Contents:
Foreword / Christopher Hitchens -- Introduction -- Part I: 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 -- Part II: My freedom -- Running away -- A trial by the elders -- Haweya -- Leiden -- Leaving God -- Threats -- Politics -- The murder of Theo -- Epilogue: The letter of the law.
Abstract:
The brutal murder of the Dutch film-maker Theo van Gogh in 2004 shocked the world. Shot and mutilated by a Muslim fanatic as he cycled to work, it was a stark reminder of the dangers of challenging an extreme Islamic worldview. It also changed the life of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, van Gogh's collaborator on the film that had offended his murderer. Born in Somalia and raised a Muslim, she had escaped an arranged marriage and made a new life as a Dutch parliamentarian, championing the reform of Islam and its attitude to women's rights. She now has twenty-four-hour police protection, but refuses to let that inhibit her willingness to speak out. THE INFIDEL is Ayaan Hirsi Ali's astonishing story. Recounting the extraordinary transition from a third-world upbringing to her current status as one of TIME magazine's 100 most influential people in the world, it is a truly remarkable autobiography that is as gripping as it is inspiring.
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