Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations

Ali, Ayaan Hirsi

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9780743599122: Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations

ISBN 10: 0743599128 ISBN 13: 9780743599122

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2010

Ayaan Hirsi Ali captured the world’s attention with Infidel, the critically acclaimed, eye-opening memoir of her Muslim childhood in Africa and Saudi Arabia and her eventual escape to the Netherlands to avoid a forced marriage. After a Dutch film director with whom she made a documentary about the mistreatment of Muslim women was murdered by a radical Islamist, death threats forced Hirsi Ali into hiding, ultimately leading her to move to a more secure life in the United States working with a political think tank.

Nomad is the story of everything that happened after Hirsi Ali left Holland and moved to America in a brave bid to start an entirely new life. In it she recounts her renewed contact with her family after her father’s death, and her attempts to live her newly adopted principles in the face of continued attempts by Islamists to stifle her free speech. Through vivid anecdotes and observations of people, cultures, and political debacles, she weaves together her recent personal story with the stories of other women and men she encounters. With a deep understanding of the situation of Muslim women in the world today and her singular, unwavering courage, Hirsi Ali offers her always notable, often controversial analysis of Islam from her new vantage in America.

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Review:

"Brilliant” --Tunku Varadarajan, "The Daily Beast"

“Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s new memoir is the most powerful book you will have read in a long time.” --"Christian Science Monitor"

“Illuminating analysis... [NOMAD’s] special strength...lies in the way that her arguments and perceptions are rooted in personal experience.... She rages eloquently...writes revealingly. NOMAD is an excellent read.”

--New York Review of Books

"Brilliant" --Tunku Varadarajan, "The Daily Beast"

"Brilliant --Tunku Varadarajan, "The Daily Beast"

"Brilliant --Tunku Varadarajan, "The Daily Beast""

Illuminating analysis [NOMAD s] special strength lies in the way that her arguments and perceptions are rooted in personal experience . She rages eloquently writes revealingly. NOMAD is an excellent read.
--New York Review of Books"

Ayaan Hirsi Ali s new memoir is the most powerful book you will have read in a long time. --Christian Science Monitor"

"Brilliant --Tunku Varadarajan, The Daily Beast"

"Ayaan Hirsi Ali's new memoir is the most powerful book you will have read in a long time." --Christian Science Monitor

About the Author:

Ayaan Hirsi Ali was born in Mogadishu, Somalia, was raised Muslim, and spent her childhood and young adulthood in Africa and Saudi Arabia. In 1992, Hirsi Ali came to the Netherlands as a refugee. She earned her college degree in political science and worked for the Dutch Labor party. She denounced Islam after the September 11 terrorist attacks and now serves as a Dutch parliamentarian, fighting for the rights of Muslim women in Europe, the enlightenment of Islam, and security in the West.

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