Infidel

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The author recounts the story of her life, from her traditional Muslim childhood in Somalia and escape from a forced marriage to her efforts to promote women's rights while surviving numerous threats to her safety.

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Title Statements

Full title :Infidel / Ayaan Hirsi Ali ; foreword by Christopher Hitchens.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2008
Edition:1st Free Press trade paperback edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Free Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2008

Notes

First published in Great Britain by The Free Press in 2007.

Includes reading group guide.

The Physical Object

Description:xxii, 361 pages : : illustrations ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780743289696, 0743289692, 9780743289689, 0743289684, 9781416586043, 1416586040, 9781416526247, 1416526242
oclc:on1063929084
LC Classification:DJ292.H57
Dewey Decimal:B

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 -- Running away -- A trial by the Elders -- Haweya -- Leiden -- Leaving God -- Threats -- Politics -- The murder of Theo -- Epilogue: the letter of the law.

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Biographies Hirsi Ali, Ayaan Hommes politiques -- Biographies. -- Pa… Muslims Muslims -- Biography. -- Netherlands Musulmans -- Biographies. -- Pays-Bas Netherlands Politicians Politicians -- Biography -- Netherlands Refugees Refugees -- Biography. -- Netherlands Réfugiés -- Biographies. -- Pays-Bas