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CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS: Meet-Up: Identity Politics, Racism and Liberation with Gita Sahgal and Maryam Namazie

17 March, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

17 March, 7-8:30pm, Central London, few minutes walk from Kings Cross station

Join us for our monthly meet-up to explore Identity Politics, Racism and Liberation with Gita Sahgal and Maryam Namazie.

Gita Sahgal is a writer, journalist, film-maker and rights activist. She is currently Founder and Director of Centre for Secular Space. She was formerly Head of the Gender Unit at Amnesty International; she was suspended in 2010 after she was quoted criticising Amnesty for its high-profile associations with the Islamist Moazzam Begg, the director of a group called Cageprisoners.

Maryam Namazie is an Iranian-born writer and activist. She is the Spokesperson of One Law for All and the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain. She hosts a weekly television programme broadcast in Iran on Saturday evenings in Persian and English called Bread and Roses.

If it is your first time attending the monthly meet-up, please email exmuslimcouncil@gmail.com to register.

Talks will be followed by Q&A, drinks and snacks.

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17 March, 2020
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7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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