Hirsi Ali

May 19, 2006 13:33

Our story starts in Somalia where our heroine is scheduled for an arranged marriage to a man she doesn't want to marry. She escapes to neighboring Kenya where she is under the care of the UNHCR for 10 years as a refugee. Bored of Kenya our heroine flees to The Netherlands claiming political asylum from religious persecution and a marriage she ( Read more... )

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goddessspiral May 19 2006, 14:51:17 UTC
Very interesting read. I didn't know a lot about this and you really caught me up quickly. Thank you.

YOu did write this yourself right? You should submit it as an article to somewhere. It's good.

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smutticus May 19 2006, 18:32:08 UTC
Yup. I wrote it myself. I pretend to be a journalist sometimes.

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goddessspiral May 19 2006, 22:34:38 UTC
well that's some good pretending. :-)

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seekingsartre May 19 2006, 16:17:18 UTC
Thank you so much for doing this! This is fascinating shit!

May I link this to feminist and credit you? I'd really like to hear what they have to say about it.

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smutticus May 19 2006, 18:31:26 UTC
Sure go for it. The more discussion the merrier.

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smutticus May 22 2006, 08:38:29 UTC
Here's some more info from the 'people on the street' perspective in The NL. Keep in mind most of these people are immigrants themselves and NOT Dutch.

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