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 […]
January 10, 2015Gender Equality Is a Powerful Weapon Against Radical ExtremismOutrageous. Ten journalists and two policemen murdered in cold blood in Paris. As a career-long fighter for human […]
May 19, 2014“Boko Haram sincerely believes that girls are better off enslaved than educated.” – Ayaan Hirsi AliIn case you missed it, please take a moment to read Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s recent article on Boko […]
April 1, 2014Breakthrough: The UK Prosecutes Its First FGM CasesThirty years after first banning the practice, the UK announced last month that it will prosecute its first […]
March 13, 2014Moral Courage and a Love Marriage“As a child, I was told that a good Afghan girl does not do anything that will bring […]
February 5, 2014Lessons from the Shafia Mass Honor KillingDuring the AHA Foundation’s Third Annual Conference on Honor Violence, Forced Marriage, and Female Genital Mutilation, held in […]
December 20, 2013The AHA Foundation 2013 Annual ReportNew York, NY December 2013 Dear AHA Supporter: We are pleased to present to you the AHA Foundation […]