October 14, 2015Hila’s Story: Choosing a Life of Hiding to Escape Honor ViolenceBy *Hila In the 70s, my parents emigrated from Yemen to the U.S. While they did many things […]
September 24, 2015One Year Later: AHA Foundation’s Executive Director Reflects on Her Experience of Fighting to End Honor Violenceby AHA Foundation Executive Director It has been more than a year since I took over as Executive […]
September 24, 2015Taking Your Voices to Capitol Hill to End Honor ViolenceThere is no honor in honor violence. It is criminal. Even so, in this land of the free […]
August 19, 2015Forced Marriage by the NumbersAs summer vacation comes to a close and students return to school, in a classroom somewhere in America […]
August 19, 2015Hundreds of Supporters, a Two-Day Conference and One GoalAmanda Parker, AHA Foundation Senior Director, discusses IVAWA with staffers on Capital Hill. By Amanda Parker, AHA Foundation […]
July 15, 2015The Time for Change is Now: You Can Make a Difference in the Fight Against FGM in the USIn 2007, when the AHA Foundation was formed, only 18 U.S. states had legislation banning female genital mutilation […]
July 15, 2015AHA Foundation Advocacy Leads US Efforts to Track Honor ViolenceExecutive Director of the AHA Foundation, speaks about the Westat report on honor violence I distinctly remember the […]
July 15, 2015From the AHA Foundation Team: Books That Changed UsCommitted to the belief that stories can be even more empowering when shared, and that empowerment can lead […]
June 21, 2015Happy Father’s Day!By AHA Foundation Executive Director Happy Father’s Day! Even though I lost my father more than 20 years […]
June 16, 2015Women Forced to Undergo FGM Find Strength to Break the SilenceAyaan When Ayaan Hirsi Ali, founder of the AHA Foundation, underwent female genital mutilation (FGM) in her native […]
June 16, 2015Honor Violence on Film: A Different Type of ActivismIn our increasingly interconnected world, information and facts about grave human rights abuses like honor violence are only […]
May 20, 2015Vacation Cutting: An Illegal Practice Still Running RampantSummer is the season of vacation cutting. Many girls living in the US will be taken to countries […]
May 19, 2015Filled with Hope and Empowerment, “I am Inspired by Ayaan” Essays’ Quotes Rekindle the Power of Storytelling“In restoring to me my very own story, you helped me regain my power…” -Jessica S. We have […]
May 19, 2015Ayaan Takes ‘Heretic’ on the Road to Canada and EuropeSince the launch of Heretic in March, Ayaan Hirsi Ali has taken every available opportunity to speak out […]
May 4, 2015Honor Killings in America – Ayaan Hirsi Ali in ‘The Atlantic’Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, gets it. “I don’t see,” he told me this week, “how […]
April 16, 2015“My Story” by Knackered**This blog was submitted to the AHA Foundation as part of an “I Am Inspired by Ayaan” Call […]
April 15, 2015“Anyone (Even Myself) Can Fight in a ‘War of Ideas'” by John A.**This blog was submitted to the AHA Foundation as part of an “I Am Inspired by Ayaan” Call […]
April 15, 2015“My Atheist Sister” by Simone G.**This blog was submitted to the AHA Foundation as part of an “I Am Inspired by Ayaan” Call […]
March 24, 2015Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation NowFrom Ayaan’s Desktop I have dedicated my life to speaking out when my conscience guides me to […]
February 20, 2015The Key to Fighting Radical Extremism and Terror: A Response to President Obama’s State of the Union AddressIn his recent State of the Union address, President Obama spoke about the U.S. taking a support role […]