About the Author

Globally known, award-winning human rights activist, AYAAN HIRSI ALI is the New York Times bestselling author of Infidel, Nomad and The Caged Virgin. Born in Somalia and raised Muslim, she grew up in Africa and Saudi Arabia, before fleeing to the Netherlands in 1992, where she went from cleaning factories to winning a seat in the Dutch Parliament. A prominent speaker, debater and op-ed writer, she was chosen as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world. She is now a fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and lives in Massachusetts.