On this episode of Newt's World, you're going to get to meet one of the most amazing people

I've ever worked with, somebody I was a colleague with at the American Enterprise Institute,

and somebody for whom I have the highest respect.

My guest fled a traditional Muslim upbringing in Somalia in 1992 at the age of 23.

She went to the Netherlands to escape a forced marriage, from there her life changed.

She became elected as a member of the Dutch Parliament and an outspoken advocate for women's

rights.

Today, she is a research fellow at the Hoover Institute, host of the Ion Hersey Ali

podcast, an author of the new book, Prey, Immigration, Islam, and the erosion of women's

rights.

A follow-up to her 2007 New York Times bestseller, Infidel.

She also recently authored an article in On Herd entitled, Europe's Guilty Conscience.

EU leaders will fully misunderstand the problems of Muslim immigration, which caught my attention.

And Hersey Ali, welcome and thank you for joining me.

Newt, thank you very much for having me.

I thank you again for your kind words.

It was an honor to meet you and a privilege to be your friend and colleague.

You've done a lot of great things.

Our audience, they're going to be fascinated by your life's journey.

Would you mind sort of starting at the beginning?

When did you begin to realize that you wanted to do something beyond the traditional and

that you were prepared to take the risks of actually leaving your home country?

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