Nomad
Subtitle: from Islam to America : a personal journey through the clash of civilizations
By: Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9781847376640
Subjects: Women politicians; Netherlands; Islam and politics; Women social reformers; Democracy; Somalis; Social aspects; Civil rights; Muslim women; Women refugees; Dutch; Netherlands. Staten-Generaal; Biography; Islam
Description: Hirsi Ali tells of coming to America to build a new life, an ocean away from the death threats made to her by European Islamists, the strife she witnessed, and the inner conflict she suffered. She calls on key institutions of the West--including universities, the feminist movement, and the Christian churches--to enact specific, innovative remedies that would help other Muslim immigrants to overcome the challenges she has experienced and to resist the fatal allure of fundamentalism and terrorism.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. A problem family; title: My father; title: My half sister; title: My mother; title: My brother's story; title: My brother's son; title: My cousins; title: Letter to my grandmother; title: pt. 2. Nomad again; title: Nomad again; title: America; title: Islam in America; title: pt. 3. Sex, money, violence; title: School and sexuality; title: Money and responsibility; title: Violence and the closing of the Muslim mind; title: pt. 4. Remedies; title: Opening the Muslim mind : an enlightenment project; title: Dishonor, death, and feminists; title: Seeking God but finding Allah; title: Conclusion: The Miyé and the Magaalo; title: Epilogue: Letter to my unborn daughter; title: The AHA Foundation.