E-mail a friendFebruary 8, 2007
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a former member of the Dutch Parliament, discusses growing up in her Muslim family. Actor James McAvoy says filming The Last King of Scotland opened his eyes to his place in the global social ladder.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Ayaan Hirsi Ali talks about modernizing Islam.
Somalia-born writer and filmmaker Ayaan Hirsi Ali was raised a strict Muslim. She survived civil war, female mutilation and life in four unstable countries before escaping an arranged marriage by immigrating to the Netherlands. There, she earned a political science degree and became a member of Parliament and an outspoken critic of Islamist oppression. Under armed guard due to death threats, Hirsi Ali is a Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. In the book Infidel, she recounts her journey.
James McAvoy
James McAvoy
Actor James McAvoy is a fast-rising star, who originally wanted to become a missionary. Instead, the Glasgow native graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and hasn't looked back. His credits include HBO's critically acclaimed miniseries The Band of Brothers, the Sci-Fi Channel series Children of Dune and the films The Chronicles of Narnia, The Last King of Scotland, Atonement and, his latest, Wanted. The multi-talented McAvoy also plays guitar and is a class 4 fencer and a gymnast.