Maryam Namazie

Maryam Namazie is a political activist, campaigner and blogger

Tag: Sulaymaniyah

  • Islam and Islamism as the greatest stumbling blocks for women’s emancipation

    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 Islam and Islamism as the greatest stumbling blocks for women’s emancipation and how Islamists target women and girls first – whether in Tehran, Peshawar or Manchester. Here’s her speech: Islam…