She decided to visit a relative in the Netherlands, and to seek help after arrival and claim asylum. Her first autobiography, Infidel (2006), was published in English in 2007. In a review, American Enterprise Institute fellow Joshua Muravchik described the book as ``simply a great work of literature,'' and compared her to novelist Joseph Conrad. In her second autobiography, Nomad (2010, in English), Hirsi Ali wrote that in early 2006, Rita Verdonk had personally approached her to ask for her public support in Verdonk's campaign to run for party leader of the VVD.
Hirsi Ali
Rita Verdonk