30 May 2015
Bergen International Festival, Norway
Maryam Namazie will be contributing to a panel discussion at the Bergen International Festival, one of the largest music and theatre festivals in the Nordic countries on “Violence against women is the greatest human rights scandal of our times”. Other panellists are Film Director and Music producer Deeyah Khan, president of the International Religious Liberty Association andMember of the Nobel committee Gunnar Stålsett, general secretary of Amnesty International Norway John Peder Egenæs and Composer Cecilie Ore whose chamber opera Adam & Eve – a Divine Comedy criticizes ‘how the three monotheistic, patriarch religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam have promoted the acceptance of violence against women throughout history and are doing so still today.’ More details will follow.