Happy

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On February 10, 2014
6 Comments
dance, Happy, Parrell, revolution, Tunisia

Young people in Tunisia are posting videos of themselves dancing to Pharrell’s Happy song as a form of defiance. Islamists have said the dancing is just “debauchery and moral decay” but the videos have received tens of thousands of hits and loads of support. Their coming to power heralds the death of music and dance so […]

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On July 18, 2013
1 Comments
Channel 4, Ramadan, Tunisia

I wrote earlier about Channel 4’s daily call to prayer for Ramadan as much of the same old same old pandering to identity politics. In my previous post I mentioned how Channel 4 should report on the many who refuse to fast and who are threatened into fasting and still refuse. Here’s a great example of […]

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On June 13, 2013
2 Comments
Amina, FEMEN, Tunisia

The three young German and French FEMEN activists who protested topless at a Tunisian court in defence of Amina have been sentenced to four months in prison! According to an interview with one of their lawyers: We knew that the maximum sentence was six months. The court in Tunis has not gone so far but […]

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On May 4, 2013
1 Comments
Amina, FEMEN, Tunisia

Here is the latest photo from Amina Tyler of FEMEN Tunisia. No More Moral Lessons, indeed! You can donate to support Amina here; I just did. Amina continues her protests in Tunisia. On 1 May, Amina and other activists protested against the representatives of the Congress Party for the Republic Moncef Marzouki, including against the […]

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On April 29, 2013
2 Comments
Amina, FEMEN, Tunisia

Dear friends, Amina is asking for support! She is preparing to escape from Tunisia for her own safety. Please join the campaign to support Amina by donating here. As has been previously reported, Amina was kidnapped by her family after posting a topless photo of herself for Femen Tunisia. On April 12, Amina managed to […]

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On April 16, 2013
2 Comments
Amina, FEMEN, Tunisia

Amina’s first talk with FEMEN’s Inna Shevchenko after her escape from detention. Amina was kidnapped, denied contact with friends and FEMEN, beaten, taken to a psychiatrist, drugged, forced to read the Koran and taken to imams though she is an atheist, taught “morals”, given a virginity test… all because she posted a topless photo of […]

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On April 5, 2013
34 Comments
Amina, FEMEN, Tunisia

Updated 5 April, 22:00 hours April 4 was our day to defend our Amina. The 19 year old Tunisian FEMEN activist whose only “crime” was to post a topless photo of herself saying: “my body belongs to me, and is not the source of anyone’s honour” and “fuck your morals”. Whilst she has done nothing wrong, […]

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On April 2, 2013
7 Comments
4 April, Amina, FEMEN, nudity, Tunisia

Below is a compilation of questions I have been responding to on 4 April for various journalists: Why an International Day to Defend Amina? When I heard that 19 year old Tunisian Amina had been threatened with death for posting a topless photo of herself bearing the slogan “my body belongs to me, and is […]

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On March 28, 2013
4 Comments
Amina, Caroline Fourest, Tunisia

Writer and filmmaker Caroline Fourest, one of the signatories calling for an International Day to Defend Amina has written about Amina in French here. Even with the not very fluent google translation into English, what is clear from her article is that Amina’s detention within her family – with the assistance of the police – […]

Posted by Maryam Namazie
On March 24, 2013
73 Comments
Amina, Tunisia

UPDATED 3 April 2013 (More photos and actions below) Demonstrations and actions are now being held in Brussels, Rio, Montreal, Vancouver, Paris, Berlin, Bremen, Bonn, Frankfurt, Malmo, Gotenburg, Stockholm, Milan, Kiev, London, San Francisco, Warsaw and more. See below for more details. The 19 year old Tunisian Amina who posted a topless photo of herself with the slogan “my […]

Page 1 of 212

Happy

Channel 4 – Report on this!

Witch Trials in Tunisia

Amina: No more moral lessons

Support Amina!

Amina: “I will continue the struggle in Tunisia”

Today is our day to defend our Amina

Why an International Day to Defend Amina?

Free Amina, Free Tunisia: It is the same cry

Let’s Breast Them

@MaryamNamazie