“I confront the European elite's self-image as tolerant 'while under their noses women are living like slaves”(Ali). Women are seen as people that do not have many rights especially in the Islamic culture. Additionally, women that aren’t obedient or pure are seen as an infidel,not innocent, and are shunned by their family members. Ayaan Hirsi Ali wrote her book Infidel as a way to tell her story. Ayaan was born in Somalia and there she had gone through favoritism; Ayaan’s grandmother had forced her and her sibling to face genital mutilation. Ayaan moved around her due to either the violence or to the convenience of her father. Abeh -Ayaan’s father- was in and out of their lives but when he returned once he had arranged a marriage for Ayaan.
