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April 28, 2022

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Ayaan Hirsi Ali joins us for an enlightening, members-only discussion on how many of our longstanding beliefs about reasoning and rationality are coming under attack at a time when they are needed most.

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Activist, feminist, author, scholar and former politician, Ayaan Hirsi Ali is the best selling author of Infidel and Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now. She joined us for a Munk Dialogue on how many of our longstanding beliefs about reasoning and rationality are coming under attack at a time when they are needed most.

This event is available to Munk Members only. Membership is free. Visit our Membership page here to explore our membership options and privileges. If you are already a member, log on using your membership credentials to view the Dialogue video.


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Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Ayaan is a Somali-born classical liberal. A free speech advocate. An activist for the rights of women and girls. A public intellectual with a powerful voice. A woman that does not back down when she sees a problem.

Previously a Member of the Dutch Parliament (2003-2006), she regularly called for furthering the integration of non-Western immigrants into Dutch society, and defending the rights of Muslim women.

Now, a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University and Founder of the AHA Foundation, she regularly comments on today's issues and offers a platform to exchange perspectives that lead to real solutions.

She has written several books including Infidel (2007); Nomad (2010); Heretic (2015); and The Challenge of Dawa (2017). Her newest book Prey is available now.

Her podcast, The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast, launched in 2021.

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