Infidel
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New York : Free Press, 2008.
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9780743289696 (pbk.), 0743289692 (pbk.), 9780743289689, 0743289684
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor
BIOGRAPHY HIRSI ALI AYAAN
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Published
New York : Free Press, 2008.
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Book
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xxii, 361 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
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9780743289696 (pbk.), 0743289692 (pbk.), 9780743289689, 0743289684

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Includes reading group guide.
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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.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Hirsi Ali, A. (2008). Infidel (1st Free Press trade pbk. ed.). Free Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hirsi Ali, Ayaan, 1969-. 2008. Infidel. Free Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hirsi Ali, Ayaan, 1969-. Infidel Free Press, 2008.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Hirsi Ali, Ayaan. Infidel 1st Free Press trade pbk. ed., Free Press, 2008.

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