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Maryam Namazie
Iranian human rights activist, broadcaster
This article is about the political activist. For the journalist, see Maryam Nemazee.
Maryam Namazie (Persian: مریم نمازی; born 1966)[1] is a British-Iraniansecularist, communist and human rights activist, commentator, and broadcaster.[2] She is the Spokesperson for Fitnah – Movement for Women’s Liberation, One Law for All and the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain.
She is known for speaking out against Islam and Islamism and defending the right to apostasy and blasphemy.
Early life
Namazie was born in Tehran to Hushang and Mary Namazie, but left with her family in 1980 after the 1979 revolution in Iran.[3][4] She has subsequently lived in India, the United Kingdom, and the United States, where she began her university at the age of 17.[5]
Most of her early work focused on refugee rights, especially in Sudan, Turkey, and Iran,[5] and she has actively campa