February 27, 2023Read Now: Davinder Kaur, forced marriage survivor, on breaking free and exposing abuse against women: “We all have to play our part in ending these human rights abuses.”Published 2/28/2023 Davinder Kaur was born and raised in an Indian community in Bradford, England. At the age […]
January 11, 2023“Freedom is not controversial, it is universal.” AHA’s New Board Chairman Rosa Zeegers on Her Life, Career, and Hopes for AHA’s FuturePublished 1/16/2023 Rosa Zeegers has known our Founder Ayaan Hirsi Ali for over two decades. In that time, […]
January 10, 2023Read Now: AHA Foundation’s Top 5 Blogs of 2022Published 1/13/2023 These are the top 5 stories that resonated most with AHA Foundation’s supporters in 2022. We […]
December 9, 2022 A Year of Amazing Impact, All Thanks To You: AHA Foundation’s 2022 AchievementsPublished 15/12/2022 2022 has been a dizzying and sometimes scary year for all of us. From the continuing […]
December 8, 2022AHA Foundation honored for work against FGM by LawWorks as recipient of their Best International Pro Bono Award 2022Published 8/12/2022 The team at AHA Foundation was honored and humbled to receive, alongside our partners at the […]
November 30, 2022Sara’s Story, Part 2: A Survivor of Child Marriage in the U.S. on Why She Fights to Change the Laws That Allowed Her Abuse: “These [current] laws put minors into an impossible legal situation, and expose them to multiple forms of abuse.”Published 12/1/2022 Sara Tasneem was trapped in a marriage with a stranger when she was just 15 years […]
November 29, 2022 In Salzburg, at the first-ever CLARITy Coalition conference, Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s dream came true: “I hoped and dreamed that I would find common cause with Muslim dissidents to put our differences aside and work together to defeat Islamism. This weekend, a small piece of that dream is realized.”The CLARITy Coalition conference took place over 3 days in Salzburg, Austria, at the historic lakeside Schloss Leopoldskron. […]
November 9, 2022Ayaan Hirsi Ali Receives 2022 Frank Schirrmacher Prize—Read Her Acceptance SpeechPublished 11/9/2022 On October 31, 2022, Ayaan Hirsi Ali was awarded the 2022 Frank Schirrmacher Foundation Prize, an […]
November 7, 2022Sara’s Story, Part 1: A Survivor of Child Marriage in the U.S. On Her Ordeal and How She Won Her Freedom: “Being married to an older man was like being a prisoner. I didn’t even have control over my own body.”Published 11/7/2022 Sara Tasneem was trapped in a marriage with a stranger when she was just 15 years […]
November 7, 2022Ngoltoingar Chantal Bayor was told she would die if she ever spoke out about undergoing FGM. This is her story of survival—and refusing to be silenced.Published 11/7/2022 Growing up in Chad, Ngoltoingar Chantal Bayor had a happy childhood—until the day she was forced […]
November 3, 2022Ayaan Hirsi Ali: On my birthday, you can help AHA Foundation unlock $50,000Dear Friend, Last month, AHA Foundation celebrated its 15th anniversary. 15 years! I can hardly believe that it’s […]
October 18, 2022 AHA Celebrates 15 Years of Defending Freedoms in the U.S. Watch Our Anniversary Video and Read a Special Message from Ayaan Hirsi AliNote: this post was adapted from our October 2022 newsletter, in which AHA celebrated 15 years of defending […]
October 12, 2022On AHA Foundation’s 15th anniversary, we look to the future: AHA Executive Director George Zarubin unveils our revamped missionPublished 10/19/2022 15 Years of Achievements I still can’t quite believe that it’s been over 5 years since […]
October 11, 2022AHA Foundation Board Chairman Chris DeMuth reflects on his friendship with Ayaan Hirsi Ali and AHA’s 15 years defending liberty for allPublished 10/19/2022 How I became friends with Ayaan Hirsi Ali I was one of the first of millions […]
October 10, 2022Honor violence happens right here in America. Will a guilty verdict for Yaser Said be our wake up call?Published 10/11/2022 For this International Day of the Girl Child, AHA Foundation’s Director of Policy and Women’s Programs […]
August 18, 2022Defending the Bulwark of Liberty During the “Global Free Speech Recession”: Author Jacob Mchangama on What We Can Learn from the History of Free SpeechPublished 8/29/2022 Jacob Mchangama is a lawyer, writer, and advocate who founded the think tank Justitia to champion […]
August 17, 2022AHA Executive Director’s Further Reflections on Salman Rushdie Attack — And Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s ResponseFor our Executive Director’s initial statement, released on the day of the attack itself, see here. After the […]
August 15, 2022Will Massachusetts’s Stand Against Child Marriage Spur the Rest of the Nation to Act Against this Child Abuse?Published 8/16/2022 On July 28, Massachusetts finally banned child marriage after years of activism from AHA Foundation and […]
August 12, 2022AHA Foundation Statement Condemning Salman Rushdie AttackAHA Executive Director George Zarubin’s statement on behalf of AHA Foundation condemning the attack on Salman Rushdie. I […]
August 1, 2022The Next Stage in the Fight Against Islamism: M. Zuhdi Jasser on the Newly-Formed CLARITy CoalitionPublished 8/1/2022 In an exciting development, a new coalition of ex-Muslims, Muslim reformers, activists, and writers dedicated to […]