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Maryam Namazie Height, Weight, Age, Education, Family

Maryam Namazie Quick Info
Height 5 ft 7 in
Weight 68 kg
Year of Birth May 1966
Nationality  Iranian
Eye Color Dark Brown

Maryam Namazie is an Iranian-born British secularist, communist and human rights activist, commentator, and broadcaster who is the spokesperson for the ‘Fitnah – Movement for Women’s Liberation’, ‘One Law for All’, and the ‘Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain’.

Born Name

Maryam Namazie

Nick Name

Maryam

Maryam Namazie as seen in a picture taken during a panel discussion that was taken on November 15, 2019
Maryam Namazie as seen in a picture taken during a panel discussion that was taken on November 15, 2019 (Kvaale / Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 40)

Age

Maryam was born in May 1966.

Born Place

Tehran, Iran

Residence

The United Kingdom

Nationality

Iranian nationality flag

 

Education

Maryam attended a university in the United States at the age of 17.

Occupation

Secularist, Communist and Human Rights Activist, Commentator, Broadcaster

Family

  • Father – Hushang Namazie
  • Mother – Mary Namazie

Build

Average

Height

5 ft 7 in or 170 cm

Weight

68 kg or 150 lbs

Maryam Namazie on a discussion panel at the Vrijdenkersfestival in De Balie in Amsterdam, October 30, 2021
Maryam Namazie on a discussion panel at the Vrijdenkersfestival in De Balie in Amsterdam, October 30, 2021 (De Balie / YouTube / CC BY 3.0)

Race / Ethnicity

White

Hair Color

Dark Brown

Eye Color

Dark Brown

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Distinctive Features

Known for speaking against the Sharia law and Islamism and for defending the right to apostasy and blasphemy

Religion

Atheism

Maryam Namazie as seen in a picture taken while at the #Pride march in London to celebrate #LiberationIsAR in July 2023
Maryam Namazie as seen in a picture taken while at the #Pride march in London to celebrate #LiberationIsAR in July 2023 (Maryam Namazie / Instagram)

Maryam Namazie Facts

  1. Namazie was born in Tehran but moved from there along with her family in 1980 following the 1979 revolution in Iran. They went on to live in India, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
  2. Maryam has focused her attention on speaking up for refugee rights, especially in places such as Sudan, Turkey, and Iran.
  3. She began to garner attention for her pro-secularism positions and her criticism of the way women were being treated under Islamic laws sometime in the mid-2000s.
  4. Maryam has often been criticized for being too provocative.
  5. She had previously worked as the editor for the Worker-communist Review of the Worker-communist Party of Iran but resigned from there on January 1, 2009.
  6. Maryam has been featured in various documentaries including Among Nonbelievers (2015), which was directed by Dorothée Forma and produced by HUMAN, and Islam’s Non-Believers (2016), which was directed by Deeyah Khan and produced by Fuuse.

Featured Image By Kvaale / Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 40

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