In a sense, my grandmother was living in the Iron Age. There was no system of writing among … - Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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I know my mother so well, so it's hard for me to remember that people have a certain image of her, but they don't really know her personality.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

In a sense, my grandmother was living in the Iron Age. There was no system of writing among the nomads. Metal artifacts were rare and precious. . . . The first time she saw a white person my grandmother was in her thirties: she thought this person's skin had burned off.

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