Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations was written by an author who is a former what?
Ayaan Hirsi Ali Ayaan Hirsi Ali (] , born Ayaan Hirsi Magan, on 13 November 1969) is a Somali-born Dutch-American activist, feminist, author, scholar, and former Dutch politician. She received international attention as a critic of Islam and advocate for the rights and self-determination of Muslim women, actively opposing forced marriage, honor violence, child marriage and female genital mutilation. She has founded an organisation for the defense of women's rights, the AHA Foundation.
Covering Islam Covering Islam is a 1981 book by Palestinian author Edward Said, in which he discusses how the Western media distorts the image of Islam. Said describes the book as the third and last in a series of books (the first two were "Orientalism" and "The Question of Palestine") in which he analyzes the relations between the Islamic world, Arabs and East and West, France, Great Britain and the United States.