She has an Algerian father, and I believe a western mother...... Her father was a university professor threathened with death.
"I hope that readers will come along on my trip, and view the landscape through my eyes. My perspective— that of a secular person of Muslim heritage concerned with both rising fundamentalism and increasing discrimination against Muslims— is rarely heard in the West..... For me, the clashes within civilizations, like those between fundamentalists and their opponents everywhere, are much more defining today. Nevertheless, writing about Muslim fundamentalism in this era for an American audience feels like dancing on a minefield."
(Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: Untold Stories From The Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism. Karima Bennoune)
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