Author: Maryam Namazie
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Neither turban nor crown but Woman, Life, Freedom
Persian: نه به عمامه و نه به تاج French: Ni turban ni couronne, mais Femme, Vie, Liberté Italian: Né turbante, né corona, ma Donna, Vita, Libertà Greek: Ιράν: Ούτε τουρμπάνι ούτε στέμμα! Ούτε κληρικός ούτε βασιλιάς! Γυναίκα, Ζωή, Ελευθερία Russian: Ни тюрбана, ни короны – Женщина, жизнь, свобода! A new nationwide wave of protest has…
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نه تاج و نه عمامه، فقط زن، زندگی، آزادی
از ۲۸ دسامبر ۲۰۲۵ موج تازهای از اعتراضات سراسری در ایران گسترش یافته است. این موج که در آغاز با فروپاشی شدید اقتصادی در شکل سقوط ارزش پول، افزایش تند قیمت کمبود کالاهای اساسی، شعلهور شد، این اعتراضات همانند خیزشهای پیشین، به بسرعت به تظاهراتهای ضدحکومت اسلامی بدل گردید. تورم، بیکاری و کمبودها که محصول…
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Israël, le Hamas et le refus du binaire
Translated into French by Entre les lignes entre les mots Réflexions sur la conférence FiLiA 2025 et la controverse autour des événements parallèles « Maryam Namazie a évoqué le préjudice indéniable que les organisations islamistes militaristes telles que le Hamas causent aux femmes. C’est ce passage qui a suscité la controverse, car même s’il n’y avait pas…
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On Israel, Hamas, and Refusing the Binary
Reflections on the 2025 FiLiA Conference and Fringe Event Controversy On Israel, Hamas and Refusing the Binary, first published in The Freethinker on 9 December 2025 In French: Israël, le Hamas et le refus du binaire, Entre les lignes entre les mots Maryam Namazie spoke about the undoubted harm that militaristic, Islamic organisations such as…
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Global Mattress Action: #FreeBetty
Press Release For Immediate Release – Dec 9, 2025 On Human Rights Day, December 10, activists across multiple countries will take part in the Global Mattress Action, a coordinated series of peaceful demonstrations calling for the immediate release of Moroccan feminist and human rights defender Ibtissame Betty Lachgar. Actions will take place in cities including…
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Abortion and Bodily Autonomy: Restriction, Repression, and Feminist Fightback
This is the amended text of a speech given by me at the International Conference on Science for Choice, held in Split, Croatia, on 27 September 2025. I spoke in place of Ibtissame Betty Lachgar, who has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison in Morocco for wearing, in London, a t-shirt stating…
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30 September, Blasphemy Day: #FreeBetty
On Blasphemy Day, we need your voice more than ever. Join Ex-Muslims International in demanding the decriminalisation of blasphemy laws and the immediate release of Ibtissame Betty Lachgar, a renowned rights activist unjustly imprisoned in Morocco. Betty has been sentenced to two and a half years behind bars—for nothing more than posting a photo of herself in…
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For Mahsa Jina Amini and Woman, Life, Freedom: Summoning an Age of Humanity in an Age of Hate
This is the slightly amended text of a speech given on 14 September 2025 at a commemorative event for Mahsa Jina Amini in London organised by Jiyan Women’s Assembly. It was first published in The Freethinker on 16 September 2025. We live in what feels like the worst of times, an Age of Hate that conspires against…
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La liberté d’expression prend vie là où le délit commence : pour la défense d’Ibtissame Betty Lachgar
Maryam Namazie L’article a été publié en anglais dans The Freethinker. La liberté d’expression prend vie là où commence le délit. Offenser c’est mettre en question les certitudes, dépouiller le sacré de ses privilèges, et de se moquer de la peur et des menaces. Une société qui bannit l’offense bannit la pensée elle-même. Le Maroc…
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Freedom of expression lives where offence begins: In defence of Ibtissame Betty Lachgar
By Maryam Namazie Published 3 September in The Freethinker IN FRENCH: La liberté d’expression prend vie là où le délit commence : pour la défense d’Ibtissame Betty Lachgar Freedom of expression lives where offence begins. To offend is to question certainty, to strip the sacred of its privilege, and to laugh in the face of…
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Don’t Side with Killers
Don’t defend the ruling class in Iran or Israel, WBAI’s Joy of Resistance, 27 June 2025 Israel-Iran war, a war between two reactionary forces, Maryam Namazie interview with Andrew Marr, LBC, 16 June 2025