Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Dutch-Somalian author, filmmaker, and former MP of the Dutch parliament. In 2004, with controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, she made the film Submission about the oppression of women in Islamic cultures. Click here to read her blog.

Idols & Insults: writing, religion, and freedom of expression

The "Idols & Insults: Writing, Religion, and Freedom of Expression" event took place in April 2006 as part of the PEN New York World Voices festival. For more

By Tariq Ramadan, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Ian Buruma, Juan Luis Cebrián and Nilufer Gole

/ 25 May 2006