The 2010 Ideas Festival, sponsored by the Aspen Institute and Atlantic Magazine, gathered scientists, artists, politicians, historians, educators, activists, and other great thinkers for a week in early July. MPR's Midday broadcast several of the presentations.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali at Aspen Ideas Festival
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The controversial author of the best-seller "Infidel" and her newest book, "Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations" speaks at Aspen about women in the islamic world.
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Resident fellow, American Enterprise Institute. Somali native. Member of the Dutch Parliament (2003-2006). Producer of movie "Submission" about oppression of women in conservative Islamic cultures.
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