Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Heard Ayaan Hirsi Ali speak on the challenges of living a life separate from the one dictated to her as a young woman. She is a Somali-born Dutch-American activist, author, and former Dutch politician. In 2003, she was elected a member of the Dutch House of Representatives (the lower house of the Dutch parliament), representing the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). A political crisis related to the validity of her Dutch citizenship led to her resignation from pa