Author: Maryam Namazie
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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
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Israel & Hamas: Get the fuck out of Gaza
o|o Israel & Hamasget the fuckout ofGaza #FEMEN Arabic:إسرائيل و حماسخارج غزة Farsi:اسرائیل و حماس، گورتان را از غزه گم کنید! #Israel #Hamas #Gaza
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It is time to recognise sex apartheid as a crime against humanity
It is time to recognize sex apartheid as a crime against humanity, The Freethinker, 21 March 2025 The 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women is taking place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 11 to 22 March 2025. The main focus is an appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and…
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نه به روز جهانی حجاب: رویارویی با زنستیزی
مریم نمازی «نه به روز جهانی حجاب» که در برابر «روز جهانی حجاب» در اول فوریه مطرح شده، تلاشی است برای به چالش کشیدن روایت مسلطی که حجاب را بستهبندی کرده و آن را بهعنوان نمادی از «قدرت زنان» و «انتخاب» ارائه میدهد، و هرگونه مخالفتی با آن را «اسلامهراسی» مینامد. در این روز، «اتحاد…
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No Hijab Day, 1 February: Confronting Misogyny
Read full piece in The Freethinker. As a challenge to World Hijab Day on 1 February, No Hijab Day aims to confront the dominant narrative that packages the hijab as aAs a challenge to World Hijab Day on 1 February, No Hijab Day aims to confront the dominant narrative that packages the hijab as a symbol of women’s ‘empowerment’…
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International women’s open letter for a democratic Syria based on women’s freedom
I have joined 650 women and women’s groups to call for a democratic Syria based on women’s freedom Since the fall of the Assad regime in Syria on December 8, 2024, discussions have been underway about the future of Syria, and with that, the new opportunities for a democratic reconstruction of Syrian society. It is…
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Hijab Silences: On No Hijab Day, Take off your Hijab and Put it on a Man
Ex-Muslims International No Hijab Day Statement | February 1, 2025 No Hijab Day was created on 1 February as a direct response to World Hijab Day, which promotes the hijab as a symbol of women’s choice and empowerment. Rather, No Hijab Day seeks to illuminate the coercive and oppressive realities of the hijab as a pillar of…
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Joint submission to the WEC on Gendered Islamophobia
Joint submission to the Women and Equalities Committee on Gendered Islamophobia Ahead of the Women and Equalities Committee’s (WEC) one off session around Gendered Islamophobia on Wednesday, 15th January 2025, Southall Black Sisters (SBS) along with One Law For All and the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB) submitted joint written evidence. In it, we focused…
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Thank you Charlie Hebdo
The right to blasphemy, a cornerstone of free expression and democratic societies, is a universal human right and demand. It is not limited to or dependant on one’s ‘identity’ or lottery of birth. In fact, it matters most to those living under totalitarian and theocratic states. In many countries under the hold of theocrats, like…