I had a wonderful time in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan with Houzan Mahmoud, Ismail Hamamin Hamalaw, Peshraw Hassan and friends at Dabran Platform پلاتفۆرمی دابڕان. Even with…
From Sulaymaniyah to Manchester – grief and solidarity against hate
I returned today from Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan after speaking at the founding Congress of Enlightenment Feminism (more of this soon). The city – next to Iran…
نه به هموفوبیا. نه
6Rang کمپین آری به تغییر مریم نمازی فعال سیاسی و برنده جایزه آزادی و لائیسیته است. او در عرصه‌هایی چون حقوق زنان و مبارزه علیه…
Celebrating apostasy and blasphemy in London in July
The Freethinker interviews Maryam Namazie and Marieme Helie Lucas ahead of the International Conference on Freedom of Conscience and Expression in the 21 Century scheduled…
Join Historic Conference on Free Expression and Conscience
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Sayeeda Warsi’s Blinkered View of Islamism
LifestyleBooks The Enemy Within: A Tale of Muslim Britain by Sayeeda Warsi – review A blinkered view of Islamism, says Maryam Namazie Evening Standard 6…
در ٨ مارس٬ روز جهانى زن٬ فاك حجب و حيا
هر گاه كه اسلاميون به قدرت ميرسند، ابتدا سراغ زنان مى آيند و اين نشانه اى است از تخريب اوضاع؛ از اينرو كه معيار آزادى…
On 8 March, International Women’s Day: Fuck modesty
My latest piece in The Freethinker to mark International Women’s Day. Wherever Islamism gains power and influence, it comes for women first. And it’s always…
Free expression and safe spaces
Here is a video of the frank panel discussion on free expression and safe spaces that took place at Centre for Inquiry’s Women in Secularism…
Identity politics and the art of deception
One of the things that is most troubling about identity politics and multiculturalism as a social policy is how deception becomes a necessity in defending…