Ayaan Hirsi Ali and AHA Foundation in the News


July 14, 2022

The New Founders America Needs – Bari Weiss on UATX and Ayaan Hirsi Ali

There are nearly 4,000 universities in the United States. Many of them have massive endowments and histories that […]
July 5, 2022

Our universities need a revolution – Ayaan Hirsi Ali in UnHerd

What is the point of university? It used to be, when Harvard was founded in 1636, “to advance […]
June 27, 2022

AHA Founder Ayaan Hirsi Ali Teaches Young People About Free Speech and Critical Thinking at UATX Forbidden Courses Summer Program in Dallas, Texas

Published 7/6/2022 In June, our Founder Ayaan Hirsi Ali taught a class about free speech and critical thinking […]
June 14, 2022

The new war on Islamism – Ayaan Hirsi Ali in UnHerd

Art and Islam often seem like oil and water. Other times, they behave like matches and gasoline. It […]
June 13, 2022

Civilization and Its Enemies – Ayaan Hirsi Ali on the Wall Street Journal’s Free Expression Podcast

On this episode of Free Expression, Wall Street Journal Editor at Large Gerry Baker speaks with author and […]
May 27, 2022

“Wokeism” and How to Counter It – Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Upcoming TOS-Con Appearance

Our founder Ayaan Hirsi Ali will be giving a keynote address at TOS-Con, which is held from June […]
May 19, 2022

Buffalo and the myth of racist America – Ayaan Hirsi Ali in UnHerd

What connects the tragedies of May 25, 2020, and May 14, 2022? The straightforward answer, at least according […]
May 17, 2022

Ayaan Hirsi Ali Tackles Today’s Burning Issues: Her Writing, Podcasts, and Media Appearances Defending Western Freedoms and Ideals

“The right to think, to speak, and to write in freedom and without fear is ultimately a more […]
May 16, 2022

Jason Hill on Race in America – The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast

Ayaan speaks with Jason Hill about free speech, immigration, and the power of individual agency. While they question […]
May 16, 2022

America’s Crisis of Self-Doubt – National Review

We live in an age of increasing national self-doubt. The American project, as such, is under assault. Our history […]
May 12, 2022

How Social Media Crucially Helps and Hinders ex-Muslims – Focus on Western Islamism

Social media has played a contradictory role in helping ex-Muslims recount the abuse they have endured after leaving […]
May 10, 2022

The desperation of Biden’s Disinformation Board – Ayaan Hirsi Ali in UnHerd

In 1918, Woodrow Wilson’s Democratic administration passed a piece of legislation it hoped would accelerate the end of […]
May 2, 2022

Ayaan Hirsi Ali at the Munk Dialogues

Activist, feminist, author, scholar and former politician, Ayaan Hirsi Ali is the best selling author of Infidel and Heretic: Why Islam […]
April 27, 2022

This isn’t a war between good and evil – UnHerd

The images emerging from Bucha are haunting. Dead civilians line the streets, many with their hands bound behind […]
April 19, 2022

The Cocktail Party Contrarian: Everything in Moderation, Including Being a Moderate – The New York Sun

Years ago, after Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s now seminal book “Infidel” was first published, I attended a party for […]