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The fascinating and touching story of one woman's journey to self-discovery and personal freedom. Compulsively readable account of the author's life from childhood to her thirties living through times of great social and political change across five countries, encountering the complicated web of benefits, obligations and shortcomings of the Somali clan system and struggling with the question of how to be a good Muslim, until finally facing serious death threats for her criticism of Islam's treatment of women. Interesting examination of the differences between clan and tribal social systems, the social implications of Muslim and pre-Islamic traditions, and what these mean for the development or progress of countries and especially for women. Also touches on how and why immigrants from Muslim regions might have difficulty adapting to Western countries, and her opinions of Western countries' attitudes or responses to this. Whatever you think of the author's opinions, this is still a page-turning and illuminating story.