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Mogadishu

This is the capital of Somalia where Ayaan was born.

Mecca, Saudi Arabia

This is the city in which Ayaan's family lived that is the home of the Grand Mosque of Islam.

Grand Mosque

This is the holiest site on earth in Islam and a pilgrimage is completed by Muslims there annually.

Ethiopia

This is where Ayaan lived with her family for a year. Hirsi Magen's third wife and child were from here.

Nairobi, Kenya

This is the city where Ayaan lived for over 10 years growing up; it is a non-Muslim country and her mother did not want to be there.

Quran (Koran)

This is the holy text of Islam.

SSDF

This is a political movement founded by Ayaan's father and other Somali exiles in an attempt to overthrow the Somali regime.

Miye

The countryside in Somalia, this term is sometimes used as a descriptive word in...

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