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- Free speech
- Women’s rights and feminism
- Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
- Honor violence
- Child marriage and forced marriage
- Legislative protections for women’s rights
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- Middle East – politics, rights and religion
- Critical thinking on college campuses
September 11, 2020
For years, Ayaan Hirsi Ali has been one of the most vocal defenders of free speech. As the […]
April 3, 2018
(Duke Chronicle) – After days of controversy, a location change and a counter-protest event, Zuhdi Jasser visited Duke to […]
January 31, 2018
A public event with the eminent scientist and rationalist Richard Dawkins was cancelled late last year by a […]
November 22, 2017
The Selection Committee of the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity will gather in Berlin, Germany on December 4, […]
August 24, 2017
Since the violence in Charlottesville 10 days ago, when white supremacists left one young woman dead and 19 […]
October 30, 2021
A UNESCO report released on the occasion of the International Day of the Girl Child (11 October) shows […]
December 3, 2020
Women are being offered controversial “virginity tests” at British medical clinics, an investigation by BBC Newsbeat and 100 Women has […]
May 16, 2020
NEW YORK, May 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Two U.S. states have banned child marriage this month, but […]
June 25, 2019
Amanda Parker is the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Director of the AHA Foundation. She discusses: background; tasks […]
April 1, 2019
In 2017, when California state Sen. Jerry Hill heard about a local 12-year-old girl getting married to a […]
March 1, 2022
HARGEISA, Somalia (AP) — Safia Ibrahim’s business was in trouble. COVID-19 had taken hold in Somaliland, in the […]
October 6, 2021
10-06-2021 United States of America v. Nagarwala, et al (17-20274) Eastern District of Michigan United States District Court […]
October 4, 2021
A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed the most serious remaining charge against a doctor accused of female genital […]
January 21, 2021
Jan. 22, 2021 Just this month, the STOP FGM Act of 2020 was signed into law, providing protection […]
January 14, 2021
MEDIA RELEASE For immediate release – Thursday, January 14, 2021 Grand Jury Indicts Texas Woman for Transporting Minor […]
April 28, 2021
Ayaan talks with Detective Chris Boughey about honor killings in the United States. Detective Boughey describes the 2009 […]
December 19, 2018
Founder of the AHA Foundation, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, was recently interviewed on PBS’s Firing Line, exposing the issue of female […]
August 11, 2018
Founder of the AHA Foundation, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, was recently interviewed on PBS’s Firing Line, exposing the issue of female […]
June 21, 2018
The photo above is a stock photo and not the girl in the story. She was a 15-year-old […]
March 1, 2022
MISSION, KS / ACCESSWIRE / February 28, 2022 / (Family Features) Sometimes forgotten amidst the pandemic that upended the […]
February 28, 2022
The Idaho Supreme Court listened to arguments Friday in a case involving a child marriage that reportedly was […]
October 30, 2021
A UNESCO report released on the occasion of the International Day of the Girl Child (11 October) shows […]
October 8, 2021
The Human Rights Council this morning adopted four resolutions on child early and forced marriage in times of […]
October 8, 2021
On 08/27/2021, the NYT published the light-hearted Modern Love Essay, “Why My Daughter Got (Temporarily) Married at 13” […]
August 6, 2020
The Massachusetts State Senate unanimously passed legislation to criminalize the practice of female genital mutilation and cutting, also […]
June 22, 2020
With a much-needed focus on the health crisis, state governments were focusing almost exclusively on the pandemic for […]
June 25, 2019
Amanda Parker is the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Director of the AHA Foundation. She discusses: background; tasks […]
June 20, 2019
(CNSNews.com) – On Wednesday, June 19, the Pennsylvania Senate passed House Bill 315, which would classify Female Genital Mutilation as […]
June 20, 2019
Senior Director of AHA Foundation, Amanda Parker, joined comedian and podcast host Lisa Landry on her show Womenace to […]
October 29, 2021
In the almost 30 years that I have lived in the West, discussion surrounding Islamism has been stymied […]
October 29, 2021
Earlier this year, Ayaan spoke with Counterweight Media to discuss extremist ideologies. She drew upon her own experience […]
October 25, 2021
My heart sank twice last week: first when I heard about the brutal murder of Sir David Amess; […]
October 19, 2021
Here’s how the attack unfolded and what we know so far. What happened? The MP for Southend West […]
October 18, 2021
This strange story of a man in Norway murdering people with a bow and arrow broke yesterday but […]
May 25, 2018
This podcast interview of Ayaan Hirsi Ali is hosted by Jamie Weinstein with the National Review. She speaks about […]
April 3, 2018
(Duke Chronicle) – After days of controversy, a location change and a counter-protest event, Zuhdi Jasser visited Duke to […]
December 4, 2017
By Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Originally Published in The New York Times December 4, 2017. In June, Saudi Arabia […]
July 18, 2017
An Islamic preacher from Egypt told a conference in Melbourne Muslims have a compulsory duty to spread Islam in any nation where […]
February 20, 2017
An armed mob that included relatives of a young woman who had eloped with her lover stormed a […]
October 8, 2020
October 11, 2020 Cancel culture is threatening our freedoms. To help us better understand what we can do […]
June 18, 2019
When I headed to the University of Rochester to take part in a panel discussion, I had no […]
April 4, 2019
The crowd outside the auditorium was growing larger and louder. Controversy had arisen over the “Panel on Religious […]
April 3, 2018
(Duke Chronicle) – After days of controversy, a location change and a counter-protest event, Zuhdi Jasser visited Duke to […]
June 2, 2017
On Sunday, CNN’s Fareed Zakaria warned left-leaning Americans that they have to be more open to opposing viewpoints […]
MEDIA CENTER
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Our experts for media commentary
- Islamism and radicalization
- Middle Eastern, European and U.S. geopolitics
- Women’s rights and feminism
- Freedom of speech
- Female genital mutilation
- Child marriage and forced marriage
- Honor violence
- Legislative protections for women’s rights
- Ideology and radicalization
- Critical thinking on college campuses
- Eurasian geopolitics

Media Releases, Speeches and News
- Free speech
- Women’s rights and feminism
- Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
- Honor violence
- Child marriage and forced marriage
- Legislative protections for women’s rights
- Islamism, ideology and radicalization
- Middle East – politics, rights and religion
- Critical thinking on college campuses
How Ayaan Hirsi Ali Became a Staunch Defender of Freedom of Speech
September 11, 2020 2The “No Platform” Brigade – The Hoover Institution
January 31, 2018 4
Controversial ‘virginity tests’ sold by UK clinics – BBC
December 3, 2020 0
Honor Violence Prevention Webinar with AHA Foundation
September 1, 2020 0Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
December 19, 2018 1Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
August 11, 2018 7The Horrors of Honor Violence in the West – the Algemeiner
June 21, 2018 0
Letter: Child Marriage is Never Cutesy – Tucson
October 8, 2021 0
Progressives are a gift to Islamism – UnHerd
October 29, 2021 0Counterweight Connects with Ayaan Hirsi Ali – Counterweight Media
October 29, 2021 0The myth of lone-wolf terrorism – UnHerd
October 25, 2021 0Sir David Amess stabbing: What we know so far – BBC
October 19, 2021 0
Episode 60: Ayaan Hirsi Ali – The Jamie Weinstein Show
May 25, 2018 0The Plot Behind Saudi Arabia’s Fight With Qatar – The New York Times
December 4, 2017 2Mob Kills Eloped Lovers After Storming Afghan Police Station
February 20, 2017 0