Her work challenges Canadians of all stripes. Unveiled tells the story of how Yasmine became one of the most important human rights activists in Canada. But once she started to venture out, she soon found herself in conflict. Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam is the story of how she dealt with this internal conflict and how it led her to courageous and selfless social and political activism. She grew up in a fundamentalist Muslim family and, for the most part, assumed that this was just the way families were. The problem is that, once exposed to other possibilities, the yearning to explore and to see what else is out there is difficult to satisfy.Īs a young Canadian, Yasmine Mohammed was caught between these worlds.

It would be easier to simply observe the age-old practices of home. When these children are out and away from familial pressures, they encounter the complexity of Canadian life, which is at once liberating in its potential and terrifying in its lack of clarity. Yet their children only know “back home” to be the confines of family life. These traditions come with beliefs and practices that have been around for so long that they are self-evident to those from back home. At home, they live in the world of their parents’ traditions. She is a shining example to all of us.” - Ayaan Hirsi Aliįirst-generation Canadian children often complain about feeling trapped between two worlds. Yasmine is one of the bravest people of our time.

“ All those interested in how humans overcome adversity must read this book.

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