Political Islam, Sharia Laws, and Women’s Rights by Maryam Namazie

Friday March 20, 2009 at 6 p.m.

Student Union Building, Room 214 at UBC Campus, West Point Grey, Vancouver, near the Bus Loop

Organized by UBC Students for Equality and Freedom In Middle East

Contact: UBCequalitymiddleeast@gmail.com

Presented by Maryam Namazie

Spokesperson for Equal Rights Now - Organisation against Women's Discrimination in Iran

Maryam Namazie is a human rights activist, commentator and broadcaster; a spokesperson for the One Law for All Campaign against Sharia Law in Britain. Her campaign is opposed to faith based laws and promotes citizenship rights and one secular law for all.

She hosts and produces a weekly TV International program broadcast in the Middle East via New Channel TV and is a National Secular Society Honorary Associate and recipient of the 2005 Secularist of the Year award.

For more information, contact Zahra Asli at fwme03@gmail.com