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Pret-A-Patriarchy – on “modest” fashion

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On June 7, 2018
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The below was published in The New European on 31 May 2018 “Modest” fashion is a fast growing industry with companies like Dolce & Gabbana, H&M, Marks and Spencer, DKNY, Zara and others all rushing to cash in. But while more choice is undoubtedly good, I have a problem with the labelling. Positioning some types […]

Demand for atheism rises in countries under Islamic rule

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On March 27, 2018
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My latest column in The Freethinker. The scientist and author Richard Dawkins is giving away translations of The God Delusion in countries under Islamic rule like Saudi Arabia, Iran and Pakistan. The reason behind the decision is the thirst for atheism in such countries. Whilst 3.3 million copies of the bestseller have been sold since 2006, the unofficial […]

God: A Human History – a rescue attempt by Reza Aslan

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On November 23, 2017
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My new piece in The Freethinker. “Religion scholar” Reza Aslan’s new book, God: A Human History (Bantam Press, £18.99), traces the human relationship with God-types from the Palaeolithic, Greek, and Egyptian eras to the rise of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Aslan’s history highlights the ongoing compulsion to attribute human characteristics onto Gods over millennia and […]

Gender segregation is humiliating and damaging

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On October 22, 2017
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This piece was first published in The Freethinker. Segregation was humiliating. Just the reality of signs that said you couldn’t use front doors or you couldn’t use this water fountain implied that you were subhuman … Every time I complied with a sign, I felt like I was acquiescing to my own inhumanity. I felt […]

Bodypainting in Solidarity with Ex-Muslims and CEMB

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On September 30, 2017
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Created as a finale to the groundbreaking International Conference on Freedom of Conscience and Expression, the largest gathering of ex-Muslims in history, this is the world’s first group bodypaint captured by both ground and drone. Conceived by award-winning bodypainter Victoria Gugenheim in support of and solidarity with ex-Muslims and the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain […]

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Pret-A-Patriarchy – on “modest” fashion

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Gender segregation is humiliating and damaging

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