Maryam Namazie Every year on 1 February, World Hijab Day invites women, primarily those whose refusal carries no consequence, to wear a hijab for a day. This invitation is framed as empathy: an opportunity to understand and affirm tolerance. In fact, though, World Hijab Day is part of a political project to repackage an instrument…

Iran: On Power, Inheritance, and the Disciplining of Women’s Bodies, The Freethinker, 25 January 2026 Farsi: ایران: دربارهٔ قدرت، حکومت موروثی، و کنترل بدن‌های زنان This essay responds to critics of my 12 January 2026 Freethinker article Neither turban nor crown but Woman, Life, Freedom and of the FEMEN topless protest in Paris, during which photos of Ali Khamenei and Reza…

مریم نمازی این مقاله پاسخی است به منتقدانِ شعار “نه عمامه، نه تاج و آری به “زن زندگی، آزادی” و نیز به منتقدان حرکت اعتراض برهنهٔ فِمِن در پاریس که در آن تصاویر علی خامنه‌ای و رضا پهلوی به آتش کشیده شد. هدف این نوشته دفاع از یک شعار یا یک اعتراض مشخص نیست، بلکه…

This is an edited transcript of Rod Liddle's interview with Maryam Namazie on Iran protests, Times Radio, 17 January 2026 Persian Translation: مصاحبه با رادیو تایمز: پس از ۱۰۰ سال دیکتاتوری، مردم ایران حق دارند سرنوشت خود را تعیین کنند Rod Liddle: The uprising or revolution whatever you want to call it in Iran seems…

First published by the National Secular Society. British-Iranian secularist and human rights activist Maryam Namazie explains why the Iran protests are different this time – and why young Iranians are embracing secularism. The people of Iran are in open revolt. Since late December 2025, protests have erupted across the country in 73 cities. They rapidly…