Nomad

Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Atria, 2010. 

She writes about various members of her family:

• Her father, Hirsi Megan Isse

• Her mother

• Her brother Mahad

• Her sister Haweya

• Her half-sister Sahra

Her mother was her father’s second wife. Sahra was the daughter of his third wife. Her family was bothered by her apostasy from Islam. Ayaan describes some advantages of Western culture:

• Ability to trust strangers

• Life as an end in itself, not a prelude to heaven

• Equality between the sexes

• Secular organizations based on shared interests rather than clans

• Not being obligated to share what you earn with your family’s black sheep