Today, 8 March, International Women’s Day, Amina Sboui, Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, Solmaz Vakilpour, Safia Lebdi, Meriam Russel and myself protested nude in support of women’s rights in the Middle East and North Africa at the Louvre in Paris.

I didn’t want to just hold the Islamic regime of Iran’s flag so I cut out the Allah in the centre of the flag and let it show my vagina instead. Much better, don’t you think?

Below are some photos, video coverage and links. We were arrested when 100 police converged on the area and took us away. We were released after several hours. I managed to catch my Eurostar train 1 minute before it took off with the help of Waleed Al Husseini wearing “Free the Nipple” t-shirt Amina gave us each.

Long live International Women’s Day…

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Below are some links of news reports on the protest:

http://www.liberation.fr/societe/2014/03/08/des-femmmes-manifestent-nues-a-paris-contre-l-oppression-dans-le-monde-arabo-musulman_985532

http://www.gentside.com/journ%E9e-de-la-femme/paris-7-femmes-se-denudent-contre-l-039-oppression-dans-le-monde-arabo-musulman_art59827.html

http://www.fdesouche.com/430675-paris-des-femmes-manifestent-nues-contre-loppression-des-femmes-dans-le-monde-arabe

http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/amina-sboui-a-tunisian-feminist-who-was-detained-for-nearly-news-photo/477244009

https://web.archive.org/web/20140312022443/http://actu.orange.fr:80/une/sept-femmes-nues-au-louvre-contre-l-oppression-des-femmes-arabes-afp-s_2867964.html?

http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/amina-sboui-a-tunisian-feminist-who-was-detained-for-nearly-news-photo/477244011

http://www.24heures.ch/vivre/societe/nues-oppression-monde-arabomusulman/story/28198593

http://www.sudinfo.be/954410/article/actualite/monde/2014-03-08/des-femmmes-manifestent-nues-au-louvre-a-paris-contre-l-oppression-dans-le-monde

http://www.bfmtv.com/societe/journee-femme-sept-militantes-manifestent-nues-a-paris-728024.html

http://www.leprogres.fr/france-monde/2014/03/08/nues-elles-manifestents-contre-l-oppression-dans-le-monde-arabo-musulman#jimage=FBCFAA17-4256-4D3F-B7C5-345A482DEC53

http://www.lyonne.fr/france-monde/actualites/a-la-une/national/2014/03/08/des-femmes-manifestent-nues-a-paris-contre-l-oppression-dans-le-monde-arabo-musulman_1906145.html

http://www.leparisien.fr/laparisienne/societe/journee-de-la-femme/paris-nues-contre-l-oppression-des-femmes-dans-le-monde-arabe-08-03-2014-3655091.php

http://www.klix.ba/vijesti/svijet/golisavoscu-protiv-potlacenosti-u-arapsko-muslimanskom-svijetu/140308043

http://webradar.me/72711790

http://www.fdesouche.com/430675-paris-des-femmes-manifestent-nues-contre-loppression-des-femmes-dans-le-monde-arabe

http://paris-ile-de-france.france3.fr/2014/03/08/des-femmes-manifestent-nues-paris-contre-l-oppression-dans-le-monde-arabe-429193.html

http://directinfo.webmanagercenter.com/2014/03/08/femen-elles-celebrent-la-journee-mondiale-de-la-femme-a-poil-video/

http://www.chouf-chouf.com/actualites/video-des-femmes-nues-qui-manifestent-a-paris-contre-loppression-dans-le-monde-arabe/

http://www.mylausa.com/paris-open-against-oppression-of-women-in-the-arab-world/

http://directinfo.webmanagercenter.com/2014/03/08/femen-elles-celebrent-la-journee-mondiale-de-la-femme-a-poil-video/

http://www.charentelibre.fr/2014/03/08/des-femmes-nues-manifestent-a-paris-contre-l-oppression,1883975.php

http://www.directmatin.fr/france/2014-03-08/des-femmmes-manifestent-nues-paris-663544

http://www.businessnews.com.tn/details_article.php?t=520&a=44793&temp=3&lang=

http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2014/03/08/97001-20140308FILWWW00094-des-femmmes-manifestent-nues-a-paris.php

http://www.romandie.com/news/n/Elles_dlent_nues_aris_contre_l_oppression_arabo_musulmane_RP_080320141740-15-454748.asp

http://www.lechorepublicain.fr/france-monde/actualites/a-la-une/national/2014/03/08/des-femmmes-manifestent-nues-a-paris-contre-l-oppression-dans-le-monde-arabo-musulman_1906145.html

http://www.lechorepublicain.fr/france-monde/actualites/a-la-une/national/2014/03/08/des-femmmes-manifestent-nues-a-paris-contre-l-oppression-dans-le-monde-arabo-musulman_1906145.html

http://www.lamontagne.fr/france-monde/actualites/a-la-une/national/2014/03/08/des-femmmes-manifestent-nues-a-paris-contre-l-oppression-dans-le-monde-arabo-musulman_1906145.html

Des manifestantes nues à Paris contre « l’oppression » des femmes dans le monde arabe

http://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/nouvelles_agence/international/Elles_defilent_nues_a_Paris_contre_loppression_arabo-musulmane.html?cid=38117646

http://www.lematin.ch/nues-oppression-monde-arabomusulman/story/28198593

http://www.tdg.ch/vivre/societe/nues-oppression-monde-arabomusulman/story/28198593

Paris : nues contre «l’oppression» des femmes dans le monde arabe

http://www.gfm.sn/actualites/item/11993-des-manifestantes-nues-a-paris-contre-l-oppression-des-femmes-dans-le-monde-arabe.html

http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2014/03/08/nues-contre-l-oppression-dans-le-monde-arabo-musulman_4379950_3224.html

http://blogs.mediapart.fr/blog/jean-paul-baquiast/080314/droits-des-femmes

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98 Comments

  1. I mean beautiful women all with beautiful bodies – but I do think they should also consider inconvenience to others by flashing nude in a public place. If a man does this, gets his schlong out and shows everyone in public, he goes to jail and spends the rest of his life on a sex offender’s register. It seems a little unfair – like the fixation on the requirement for an ever-shrinking hijab for women, rather than forgetting 100s of 1000s of men who died pointlessly in the war – like the fixation on the few women who are executed rather than the many more men. My theory is that Abrahamic religion so thoroughly extremised the brains of people under its sway, that once they become secular, eg. leftist/socialist/communist, they carry the same intolerance and extremism with them – we don’t see this level of extremism from parts of Asia that were never dominated by Abrahamic religions.

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  5. I can’t believe you

    تو که خودت ضد زن تری یعنی واسه دفاع از حقوق زنان باید برهنه شد ؟از فردا هرکی اعتراضی داشت باید لباس بکنه؟ لباس مشخصه تفاوت انسان از حیوانات هستش نشان دادن اعتراض به این شکل نه تنها کارایی نداره بلکه هرکسی ببینه اولین فکری که میکنه اینه که مشکل شما نبود (…….)هستش تا جایی که من میدونم اکثر فیمینیست ها به دولتها برای تصویب قوانین ضد این تجارت فشار میارن حالا فیمینیست های ایرانی هم متاسفانه برعکس . من زن نیستم نمتونم بجای تو فکر کنم ،ولی یه کار بهتر کن از عمرت درست استفاده میدونی چی میگم به عقلت مراجعه کن .همون جایی که عکس نشون میده چند وقت پیش پلیس اجازه تظاهرات برای حمایت از حقوق فلسطینی های غزه رو نداد مطمعنم تو و اون دوست های مصری و عربت هرگز قصد اعتراض به کشتار زنان و دختران ….فلسطین رو نداشتید حالا ادعای انسان دوستی و فیمینیستی بکنید.نمیدونم چی بگم .احتمالا خودتون رو بخواب زدید یا دستایی تو کاره و شما بازیچه دست اونا شدید که امیدوارم این طور نباشه واز نا آگاهی شما ناشی شده باشه چون خوابیده بیدار میشه ولی کسی که خودشو بخواب زده رو نمیشه بیدار کرد.میدونم که حرفام اثری روت نداره گفتنی زیاده ولی مجال گفتن نیست، فقط روی کارایی که میکنی فکر کن این کارا راه به جایی نمیبره و اشتباحه با دیدن عکس هات خیلی برات متاسف و ناراحت شدم .بهتره از راه عقل و منطق مشکل رو حل کنی نه از راه برگشت به عصر نوسنگی وبربریت . …

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    1. و اینکه چرا ایشون در رابطه با قتل عام غزه هیچ اعتراضی نمی کنه!!!! از نظر ایشون وجدان باید گزینشی باشه؟؟؟

      Why is Maryam Namazie SILENT about Massacre & Genocide in Gaza???!!! Selective Conscience???!!!

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      1. Surely this thread concerns the oppression and of women in Muslem society. If women are oppressed in Gaza then it concerns them too. What is happening in Gaza, although important to most of us, is a separate issue.

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        1. Sorry Maryam, you`re right. I`d missed them & in fact NOW I remember that I`d also liked one of them being shared on Facebook. I sincerely apologize!

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    2. مشکلت اين است که فکر مى کنى برهنگى عيب است
      فقط کسى که بدن زن را عيب مى داند مى تواند برهنگى را ضد زن بخواند

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  6. اینا عجب گوشتایی هستن ، به خصوص دوست عزیز مریم خانم ، بیان ایران ما خیلی گشنه ایم

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      1. Would it be possible to give a translation of the comments into English please to help those of us that cannot read Arabic, Farsi etc. It’s frustrating to miss out on input. This is a fascinating thread offering insights into different cultures and viewpoints. Many thanks in anticipation.

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      2. جوابت چه ربطی به کامنت داعش و برادران داره گوشتالو
        ضمناً ما فمن دوست ها منتظر بحث غزه و جواب منطقی و محکمت هستیم
        بالاخره زنها و بچه های بی گناه رو تو خاورمیانه قتل عام کنیم یا نه بچسبیم به عقده های حاصل از واپس زدگی میل جنسی شما و همکارانتون

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