US embassy cable - 04THEHAGUE1360

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 THE HAGUE 001360 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SECSTATE FOR ECA/PE/V/R/E - STEVE TAYLOR; INFO 
EUR/PPD - BRIAN GUSS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KPAO, OEXC, SCUL, NL 
SUBJECT: FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Principal candidate 
Ms. Ayaan Hirsi Ali 
 
 
1. Post is pleased to nominate Ms. Ayaan Hirsi Ali as a 
principal candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding 
international travel benefits. 
 
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POST-EMAIL: dankelmanE@state.gov 
TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS The Hague 
TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 4276 
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ECA-OFFICE: E/VGE 
PROG-AGENCY-NAME: 
POST-PROJ-ID: 155 
ECA-PROJ-NO: 
PROJ-NAME: Hirsi Ali, Ayaan 
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PROJ-TYPE: Individual 
PROG-TYPE: IV Grant Visitor 
FY: 2005 
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NO-OF-PART: 1 
RANK-ORDER: 9 
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PROJ-TYPE-ID: IND 
PROG-TYPE-ID: 29 
NOMINATING-POST-ID: 4276 
FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 29321 
STATUS: N 
ORIGINATOR: P 
SUBJ-DISC: Foreign Policy 
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PREFIX: Ms. 
F-NAME: Ayaan 
M-NAME: 
L-NAME: Hirsi Ali 
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POSITION-CODE: 0 
PRINCIPAL?: Yes 
M-ADDR1: Second Chamber of Parliament 
M-ADDR2: VVD Faction 
M-ADDR3: P.O. Box 20018 
M-CITY: 2500 EA The Hague 
M-STATE: 
M-CNTRY: Netherlands 
M-ZONE: 
M-ZIP: 
M-PHONE: 31-70-318-2211 
M-FAX: 
M-EMAIL: a.hirsiAli@tweedekamer.nl 
M-CNTRY-ID: NL 
M-ADDRTYPE: B 
GENDER: F 
DOB: 11/13/1969 
MAR-STAT: S 
BIRTH-CITY: Mogadishu 
BIRTH-CNTRY: Somalia 
CITIZ-CNTRY: Netherlands 
RES-CNTRY: Netherlands 
START MEMO POSITION: 
Member of Parliament for the VVD (Liberal) Party (since 
January 2003) 
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START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
Principal spokesperson on integration issues, as well as 
spokesperson on terrorism, aid, European Affairs, women's 
issues, discrimination and anti-Semitism 
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START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
Interpreter (1995-2001); 
Researcher at Labor Party Research Bureau (April 2001-Nov. 
2002); 
Staffer of VVD parliamentary Group (Nov. 2002-Jan. 2003); 
 
 
 
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START MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
A weekend in New York; a week in Hawaii; and six weeks in 
hiding in LA when her life was threatened in the Netherlands 
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START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
Europe 
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START MEMO EDUCATION: 
MA in Political Science from Leiden University 
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START MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: 
 
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START MEMO PUBLICATIONS: 
Columnist of de Volkskrant (national daily) 
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FIRST-LANG: Dutch 
ENGL-READ: 4 
ENGL-SPEAK: 4 
ENGL-COMP: 4 
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OTHER-LANG: Somali 
OTHER-LANG-ID: SM 
READ: 5 
SPEAK: 5 
COMP: 5 
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START MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: 
 
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START MEMO VIS-OBJ: 
 
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NOMINATING-OFFICER: Mary Daly 
START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
Hirsi Ali has only been a member of parliament since January 
2003 but has quickly become one of the principal opinion 
makers in the Netherlands, especially in the heated debate 
on the integration of minorities into Dutch society.  She 
also has very outspoken views on women's issues and 
especially the position of Muslim women in migrant 
communities.  Being a former Muslim herself, she has strong 
views on what she views as anachronistic Islamic traditions 
that prevent Muslims from integrating and may fuel 
extremism.  In all of these areas, Hirsi Ali could learn a 
lot from the U.S. experience.  Moreover, she has 
increasingly been tasked with foreign policy questions, 
where her knowledge is limited.   As she is likely to remain 
a lead player in the Dutch public debate on issues that are 
significant to the U.S., it is important that she gains a 
better understanding of U.S. views on such issues as 
terrorism, attitude towards international organizations, 
relations with the EU, discrimination and anti-Semitism, as 
well as integration questions, particularly the integration 
of migrant women into U.S.  society. 
 
 
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NOM-OFF: POL 
SPEAKER?: No 
NOTIFY-EMB: No 
MEDIA?: No 
HOME-STAY: No 
HOME-HOSP?: No 
E-I-TYPE: 
NOMINEE-ID: 329 
PERSON-ID: 274 
BIRTH-CNTRY-ID: SO 
CITIZ-CNTRY-ID: NL 
RES-CNTRY-ID: NL 
FIRST-LANG-ID: DU 
E-I-TYPE-ID: 
NOM-POST-ID: 4276 
NOM-FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 29321 
NOM-STATUS: N 
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