The Same Drugs: Ayaan Hirsi Ali on modern feminism and her new book, Prey

 

Ayaan Hirsi Ali is one of my all time heros. Born in Somalia, she was subjected to FGM (female genital mutilation) as a child, then forced marriage, at which point she fled to Holland and sought political asylum. There, she worked her way up from being a janitor to serving as an elected member of the Dutch parliament, where she campaigned to raise awareness of violence against women, honor killings and FGM. In 2004, Theo van Gogh, the director of Ayaan's short film, "Submission," about the oppression of women under Islam, was murdered by an Islamic extremist. The assassin left a death threat for Ayaan pinned to Van Gogh's chest. Her new book, "Prey: Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women’s Rights," addresses the undermining of women’s rights in Europe in the wake of mass migration. https://www.harpercollins.com/product... Ayaan is the founder of the AHA Foundation: https://www.theahafoundation.org/ Find more of her work: https://ayaanhirsiali.com/ Follow her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ayaan ~~~ To gain early access to interviews and exclusive access to select content, please subscribe on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/meghanmurphy Don't like Patreon? Support my work with a donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/megha... Donate Bitcoin: 1BHmHSyCPbQDE5FCueUBzjuf95kwvCaGME Litecoin: LTZf8myD2ifBXEsTVok2xhmxDoEN1EgfFv Or Ether: 0xf6E32c3204742Aea6aab5C9C90E6620c1eA500C6 Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meghanemily... And Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meghanmurphy... The Same Drugs is on Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_samedrugs And Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesamedrugs/ Check the podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-same-drugs