Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations

Ayaan Hirsi Ali has lived a very interesting , tumultuous life to say the least . Having grown up in Somalia , she then moved with her family for different periods to Kenya , Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia before escaping an arranged marriage by fleeing to the Netherlands as an asylum seeker . She then performed an admirable transition , gaining a master's degree on Political Science in the University of Leiden , getting involved with politics and entering the Dutch Parliament . Finally and most controversially , in the early 2000's she delcared herslef an apostate from Islam and became a very vocal critic of practices and mentalities related with her former faith .

On her second book Hirsi once more fascinates with her accounts of growing up in all these countries , observing the broken lifes of siblings and relatives and trying to make some sense of it all while examining it within a specific national and societal context . She does not shy away from exposing family quarrels and shortcomings while at the same time talks about her early naivity and slowly changing perceptions with humour and wit . Ali went from what many consider the quintessential failed state of Africa , Somalia to the uber liberal and happy to be so Holland , grabbing every opportunity she was given with two eager capable hands .

Still , after deregulating herself from the limiting expectations and norms of her culture and her religious community , she hasn't stopped showing the middle finger back to them ever since . This second book of hers converts itself to worse than recycle paper on horrible , horrible chapters such as " Letter to My Grandmother " and especially "Seeking God But Finding Allah " where Ali suggests that the solution to what is apparently a clash between the Western Culture and the Culture of Immigrants from the Middle East should be a new clash of religions , with Christian Churches competing with Mosques on who will manage to convert more people . When she drools over the magic experience of 'family values' she felt during "an American Wedding " of friends in the states, Hirsi simply comes through as a ruthless opportunist , shamelessly saying all the things her current sponsors want to hear .

" Nomad " makes the reader feel sad for the fact that Hirsi Ali , obviously brilliantly intelligent , wastes her energy and time under the spotlight to write such texts . Unfortunately , muslim communities have often been observed to be places where misogyny , patriarchy and rampant homophobia are present and strangely defended . Still , i doubt that Ayaan Ali's writings , especially " Nomad " are in any way part of the solution for more mutual understanding , reform and integration .

THIS WOMAN IS MY HERIONE SHE ENDURED MUCH IN HER YOUNG LIFE IN SOMALI. SHE FLED FROM THE MUSLIM LIFE AND MADE HER WAY TO THE NETHERLANDS , PUT HERSELF THRU SCHOOL AND BECAME A MEMBER OF THE DUTCH PARLIMENT. HER VOICE SPEAKS LOUD AGAINST THE EVILS AGAINST WOMAN UNDER SHARIA LAW. SHE IS NOW A CITIZEN OF THE US.BUT NEEDS CONSTANT PROTECTION FROM C.A.I.R WHO WILL KILL HER IF THEY CAN ..SHE HAS SPOKEN OF TOO MANY MUSLIM SECRETS THAT THEY DIDN;T WANT AIRED

Very informative on what Mrs. Ali has been through in her life. Her letter to her Grandmother is great. Very sad to see the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) put her on their delinquent list. She has been all over the world and to take a chance and flee her bonds is brave and sad at the same time. To give up on your own family in order to survive in her own way is probably the hardest decision she had to make.

Nomad" was published back in 2011 but predicted so much of the chaos and tragedy since then.

I happened to be reading "Nomad" the week two parents in San Bernadino -- one born in America, with a good $70K/year government job -- left their 6-month old baby at home to shoot, bomb, murder and maim innocent civilians at a social event. "Nomad" helps us understand the mentality, the insanity, that made this possible.

Near the end of "Nomad," Ms Ali offers advice that I, for one, find mostly sensible on defeating radical Islam in the West. I say "mostly" because she wants the Church to get involved in this battle for Muslim minds. She had seen it be effective in her small town of Ede, in Holland, and I grant it might well be effective anywhere. But it would also, I fear, result in a death match (literally) between Christianity and Islam. We don't need that. We can defeat the Koran with secular post-Enlightenment rationality, with education.

Speaking of education, the single best thing we could do to fight jihadi recruiting among our young is to make Ali's two books, "Infidel" and "Nomad," part of the curriculum in every high school in the western world. They are among the most brilliant books in autobiography and philosophy I've ever read. For those of us with high school behind us, I'd say that to not read these two books is to be sleepwalking in the 21st Century.

And if the Nobel Peace Prize committee still had any integrity (but after awarding Yasser Arafat and Barack Obama, probably not), they would select Ayaan Hirsi Ali next year. It would declare to the world how admirable this woman is and bring needed attention to her AHA Foundation (http://www.theahafoundation.org/). I'm not holding my breath.

Great book. Great person. Important information. Explains the great problems and dangers of Islam and Muslim immigration as well as the remedies for such things. I would write more about this except that this is my third time writing it and the previous two times I lost what I had written because I speak the words as I cannot type that much. I wish I could say more good things about this book as well as her previous book and the author herself being such a incredible human being.

This is a remarkable book in every way. Her courage, brutal honesty is refreshing. It is a shame our gutless Universities won't allow her to speak. The are worse than ever in their PC--total cowards. I would highly encourage reading all of this authors works. I have.

This brilliantly-written book is a powerful indictment of Islam, and the dangers is poses to Western Civilization. This lady has such courage and determination that she should be a role model for feminists.
But, she isn't. I think I know why. She is politically incorrect!

This should be required reading for women everywhere. And for men who value liberty.

Should be a required reading for elected officials in the USA, women, Media follks and International Law Institutes -Ayann's Infidel book was great as well

Islam , from one who lived it

excellent book to read and learn about other cultures