Iraq: An interview with Iraqi feminist Yanar Mohammed
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Guernica In 2003, Mohammed founded the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), which shelters Iraqi women targeted in 'honor' killings and sectarian violence and speaks out for women’s legal rights and secular law in opposition to Iraq’s growing Islamism.
Submitted on Tue, 05/08/2007 - 23:00
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