Ayaan Hirsi Ali and AHA Foundation in the News


October 25, 2017

Worse than Weinstein is the exploitation of Florida girls – The Sun Sentinel

This piece was originally published in Florida newspaper, The Sun Sentinel, on Tuesday 24th October, 2017. The flood of […]
October 24, 2017

Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Islam–Mecca vs Medina?

This is Jordan Peterson’s Podcast episode featuring Ayaan Hirsi Ali. They discuss Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s recent paper for […]
October 11, 2017

Ohio may ban female genital mutilation for girls under 18 – Dayton Daily News

Ohio does not explicitly prohibit female genital mutilation — a practice that state Sen. Peggy Lehner, R-Kettering, wants […]
September 20, 2017

Little girls are being ‘cut on kitchen tables’ in Manhattan as FGM grows at alarming rate – Metro UK

Some practitioners are happy to perform brutal female genital mutilation (FGM) procedures on little girls on kitchen tables […]
September 14, 2017

FGM survivor speaks of night she was forcefully cut as she fights for end to brutal procedure – Metro UK

Mariya Taher was seven when strangers forced her to the ground and cut her clitoral hood. She doesn’t […]
August 24, 2017

Why Is the Southern Poverty Law Center Targeting Liberals? – The New York Times

Since the violence in Charlottesville 10 days ago, when white supremacists left one young woman dead and 19 […]
August 21, 2017

Activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali says US has its head in the sand when it comes to ISIS – Fox News

A leading voice on the rights of Muslim women said Sunday U.S. lawmakers continue to take a “head […]
August 15, 2017

On Radical Islam, Trump Has Lost His Focus – Wall Street Journal

An Op-Ed by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Published Aug. 10, 2017 Candidate Donald Trump vowed to take a fresh approach […]
July 20, 2017

Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Most Recent Op-eds

Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Asra Q. Nomani: They Brushed off Kamala Harris. Then She Brushed Us Off. – […]
July 17, 2017

24 states have no laws against female genital mutilation. Here’s why that needs to change. – Mic

Under a series of new laws signed Tuesday, Michigan became the 26th state to place a criminal ban […]
July 13, 2017

Your Voice, Your Future Roundtable – “THE FGM CONTROVERSY” – WGME

An hour long discussion on Female Genital Mutilation. Panel: Imam Abdullah Dibba Shelby Quast, Director of Equality Now […]
July 5, 2017

‘To Change People’s Minds’ Activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali sees a better way to fight terrorism – Stanford Magazine

Ayaan Hirsi Ali has been called the best-known feminist intellectual ever to come out of Africa. In the West, […]
June 23, 2017

Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Asra Q. Nomani Respond to Readers – The New York Times

Last week, Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Asra Q. Nomani testified before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and […]
June 23, 2017

Ayaan Hirsi Ali testifies at hearing on violent extremism – Fox News

Activist appears before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Watch the video here: http://video.foxnews.com/v/5481301992001/?#sp=show-clips
June 22, 2017

Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Asra Q. Nomani: Kamala Harris Was Silenced. Then She Silenced Us. – The New York Times

Last week, Senator Kamala Harris, a Democrat from California, made headlines when Republican senators interrupted her at a […]