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| Author: Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Publisher: Free Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  235 reviews
Sales Rank: 300
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 0743289692
Dewey Decimal Number: 949.2073092
EAN: 9780743289696
ASIN: 0743289692
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
Excellent June 27, 2008
An incredible story by a gifted writer. One of the best books I have read in many years.
 A Woman's Perception of Islam June 26, 2008
This book relates the heroic story of a young woman and her struggle to
live out her life in freedom. It starts with her terror at 5 yrs. old being held down and circumcised along with her sister and brother. This episode will haunt her the rest of her life. She then struggles to get an education and stands up for what she believes women are entitled to--freedom to pick the man they want to marry and freedom to choose a career in life. Her harrowing flight to escape an arranged marriage to a much older man is vividly detailed as she struggles to reach Holland and her asylum. Her life is threatened but she holds firm to her beliefs. She also reveals the Koran and its teachings that make women second class citizens. A fascinating and fast moving book about her life and struggles in the Moslem culture and her religious journey that eventually makes her an atheist.
A Great Eye Opener June 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
[..]. This book is a real eye opener. I reveals much about the cultures and lives of people living in the Middle East, as well as parts of Africa such as Somalia, and the Netherlands. I really enjoyed reading this book as it was a great eye opener.
This book WILL change your life June 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
One of the most honest books I have ever read! Sometimes its very hard to read and stomach, but there is so much knowledge in the story. A story about religion, love, hate, struggle, success, and everything in between. Definately in my top ten favorite books of all time. Read it! It will make you look inside the box, and see whats really going on!
perserverance June 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was profoundly moved by this personal account of a life from childhood to civil war to living in a far off and strange land. The pros are simple and direct and while the events are dramatic there is no sense of melodrama in this story of personal triumph over unimaginable odds. Tribalism, religious extremism, subjugation of women, and brutality. I would recommend this book to anyone in search of a better understanding of Islam and life in Africa with emphasis on Somalia and Kenya.
Above all, this is a work of courage.
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