Nomad : from Islam to America--a personal journey through the clash of civilizations / Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Free Press, 2010.Edition: 1st Free Press hardcover edDescription: xxi, 277 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 1439157316
- 9781439157312
- From Islam to America--a personal journey through the clash of civilizations
- Hirsi Ali, Ayaan, 1969-
- Netherlands. Staten-Generaal -- Biography
- Islam -- Social aspects
- Muslim women -- United States -- Biography
- Somalis -- Netherlands -- Biography
- Somalis -- United States -- Biography
- Women refugees -- Netherlands -- Biography
- Women social reformers -- Biography
- Muslim women -- Civil rights -- Europe
- Muslim women -- Civil rights
Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | Biography | Adult Display - Second Floor | Hirsi A. H669 | Immigrant Heritage Month - June 2024 | Available | 33111006403717 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Hirsi Ali tells the stirring story of her search for a new life in America in this vivid philosophical memoir, picking up where INFIDEL left off.
pt. 1. A problem family -- My father -- My half sister -- My mother -- My brother's story -- My brother's son -- My cousins -- Letter to my grandmother -- pt. 2. Nomad again -- Nomad again -- America -- Islam in America -- pt. 3. Sex, money, violence -- School and sexuality -- Money and responsibility -- Violence and the closing of the Muslim mind -- pt. 4. Remedies -- Opening the Muslim mind : an enlightenment project -- Dishonor, death, and feminists -- Seeking God but finding Allah -- Conclusion: The Miyé and the Magaalo -- Epilogue: Letter to my unborn daughter -- The AHA Foundation.
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.