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05-02-2007
The education of an interpreter
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 Sydney, Australia (Australian): This was the real beginning of the education of Hirsi Ali. Already fluent in five languages - Somali, Arabic, Swahili, Amharic and English - she became an interpreter for her community, began to learn Dutch and started studying, eventually gaining a masters in political science from the University of Leiden. Day after day, her work as an interpreter took her deep into the heart of the Muslim migrant community where she helped women who had been beaten up by their husbands but could find no protection within the Muslim community where male violence was a God-given right.
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www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,21160527%5E28737,00.html
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