അവിശ്വാസി : AVISWAASI (Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali )

Ayaan Hirsi Ali recounts her life from a childhood in Somalia, where she underwent genital cutting, through years in Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, and Kenya under a strict religious upbringing. In 1992 she fled an arranged marriage and sought asylum in the Netherlands, later winning a seat in the Dutch parliament. She describes how she moved away from Islam, her campaign against the treatment of Muslim women in Europe, and the 2004 murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh after their short film Submission.

This memoir suits readers interested in debates about religion, women's rights, and immigration, told by someone who lived on several sides of them. Whatever you think of her conclusions, you get a firsthand account of how she reached them and what it cost her.

Balanced in tone; a moderate read.

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