Ayaan Hirsi Ali Launches "Restoring the West"
A New Journal of Opinion and Ideas
Ayaan Hirsi Ali today announced the launch of Restoring the West, a redesigned and expanded publication focused on defending the principles of Western civilization through rigorous opinion journalism, cultural criticism, and ideas-driven commentary.
Formerly known as Restoration, the publication has been relaunched with a broader mission and enhanced editorial structure organized around five essential pillars: Faith & Family, Education, Law & Liberty, Nation & Citizenship and Media/Arts/Culture.
“The West is worth defending—and worth restoring,” said Hirsi Ali. “This publication exists to plant ideas, challenge assumptions, and equip readers with the intellectual ammunition needed for the civilizational debates of our time.”
Restoring the West will publish daily commentary and analysis addressing the threats to, and the enduring triumphs of Western civilization, featuring contributions from leading classical liberal, conservative, and freedom-oriented thinkers alongside emerging voices. The publication emphasizes fact-based analysis and opinion journalism that engages readers with essential debates about liberty, culture, and governance.
Regular contributors include Daisy Mae Inglese on Faith & Family, Jenna A. Robinson on Education, Trey Dimsdale on Law & Liberty, Todd Huizinga on National & Citizenship, Grace Salvatore on Media/Arts/Culture.
Ayaan will anchor the publication with a weekly essay and her Saturday wrap-up column, “The World According to Ayaan,” offering her candid interpretation of global and cultural developments.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a renowned human rights activist, author, and champion of Judeo-Christian values. Born in Somalia and raised under oppressive conditions, she has become one of the world’s leading voices for individual freedom and against political Islamism. She is the author of several bestselling books and is a sought-after public intellectual whose work spans human rights advocacy, cultural commentary, and the defense of Enlightenment principles. She is a recent convert to Christianity.
Hirsi Ali is also the founder of AHA Foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to renewing confidence in the values that have made our civilization great. Since 2007, AHA Foundation has been a leading voice defending the rights of women in Islamist communities, advancing free speech, and combating the corrosive ideologies that threaten our institutions.
Deeply grateful for Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a courageous intellectual who's speaking out, openly, calling for the restoration of sanity, civility, and the moral/ethical values and virtues that have made the West a uniquely free society—able to acknowledge and address its challenges.
One of the great pro-West Judeo-Christian values intellectual thinkers and speaker of our times. She and Douglas Murray are voices worth listening to.