On 8 July, CEMB was at Pride in London in full force highlighting the plight of LGBT in countries under Islamic rule with bodypainting by…
In Toronto LGBT Iranians were branded as ‘Islamophobes’
My latest piece in The Freethinker. At Toronto Pride on June 25 some ‘anti-fascists’ surrounded Iranian refugees and LGBTQ activists and absurdly chanted ‘No Hate…
No Apologies
This is my letter to you, not you the racist or Islamist but you who I should call friend: I Accuse. Published in sister-hood, 27…
Islamists want their terrorism to become the new normal
This month’s piece in The Freethinker. Since 1 June – that’s one week – there have been 25 terrorist attacks, including in Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt,…
Religion is fundamentally patriarchal and anti-woman
Below is my monthly column for The Freethinker entitled: Religion is fundamentally patriarchal and anti-woman, 25 May 2016 As US suffragette Elizabeth Cady Stanton once said:…
Islam and Islamism as the greatest stumbling blocks for women’s emancipation
Our spokesperson, Maryam Namazie, was invited by Dabran Platform to speak at the Founding Congress of Enlightenment Feminism in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan (photos below). She spoke about…
اسلام و اسلام سياسى بزگترين سد راه رهائى زنان
به دعوت سازمان پلاتفرم دابران براى شركت در كنگره مؤسس فمنيسم روشنگرى به سليمانيه سفر كرده بودم. من درباره اسلام و اسلام سياسى بعنوان مهمترين…
A piece of my heart in Sulaymaniyah
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…