Book description
That first sentence in Infidel? It's a gut punch. Ayaan Hirsi Ali doesn't just tell you her story-she forces you to feel the knife in her side when they cut her as a child, hear the echo of her father's rage when he disowned her, and taste the terror as the threat against her life became real. This isn't a memoir; it's a battle cry delivered in the raw, urgent cadence of a woman who's already survived the worst the world could throw at her.
Listen to her voice on this audiobook. It's not polished, not softened for comfort. It's the voice of a girl who escaped a forced marriage in Somalia, endured civil war, and faced down the brutal reality of female genital mutilation before she was ten. It's the voice that carried her through beatings from her own family, through adolescence under the shadow of the Muslim Brotherhood, through the suffocating weight of a culture that demanded silence. She fled to Kenya, then the Netherlands, where she clawed her way through college, tried to save her sister from despair, and fought in Parliament for Muslim women's rights-while the death threats piled up, while her own father called her an apostate, while politicians tried to strip her of everything.
Theo van Gogh's murder changed everything. Suddenly, the threats weren't abstract. They were real, they were coming for her, and the world watched as she refused to hide. This audiobook captures that moment-the fear, the exhaustion, the sheer, unbreakable will to speak. She doesn't just recount the danger; you feel the cold dread when she describes the quiet apartment, the way her heart pounds at the sound of a car outside. You hear the exhaustion in her voice when she talks about balancing her sister's suicide attempt with her work in Parliament, about being called an "infidel" by the very people who claimed to love her.
This isn't just a story of survival. It's a reckoning. Hirsi Ali doesn't ask for your pity. She demands you see what she saw: the violence hidden behind religious dogma, the way women are sacrificed on the altar of tradition, the terrifying cost of silence. She survived. She rebuilt. She became a voice for the voiceless, even as the world tried to silence her.
And here's the thing about this audiobook: it's impossible to just listen to it. You lean in. You hold your breath when she describes the moment she realized she could no longer be a dutiful daughter. You feel the fire when she says, "They called me infidel while I was still a child. I am not their infidel. I am my own." This isn't history. It's happening now. It's why you need to hear her. It's why you need to hear her voice, unflinching, unbroken, refusing to be silenced. The most powerful moments aren't in the past-they're in the raw, present-tense urgency of her words, delivered like a warning shot across the bow of a world that still tries to bury women like her. She won. And that victory? It's yours to hear.
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience