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Also known as: Ayaan Hirsi Magan
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Original name:
Ayaan Hirsi Magan
Born:
November 13, 1969, Mogadishu, Somalia (age 55)
Political Affiliation:
People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy
Notable Works:
“The Caged Virgin”

Ayaan Hirsi Ali (born November 13, 1969, Mogadishu, Somalia) is a Somali-born Dutch American activist, writer, and politician best known for her contention that Islam is fundamentally incompatible with Western democratic values, especially those upholding the rights of women. Projecting her views most extensively through her internationally best-selling autobiographical books, she drew exuberant praise from her strongest advocates and threats of death from her strongest detractors. Ayaan Hirsi Magan was born into a devout Somali Muslim family. Her father, Hirsi Magan Isse, was a political dissident who spent several years in jail. When he escaped into self-imposed exile in the ...(100 of 678 words)

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