Farida Ahmadi
Farida Ahmadi | |
|---|---|
Ahmadi in 2022 | |
| Born | March 26, 1957 Kabul, Afghanistan |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo |
| Occupation(s) | author, speaker and women's rights activist |
| Organization | Women against Fundamentalism |
| Notable work | Silent Screams (2008) From War to Peace: Our Global Responsibility! (2024) |
| Website | www.faridaahmadi.com/en/ |
Farida Ahmadi (born 26 March 1957) is an Afghan author, speaker and women's rights activist, living in Norway.
Biography
Ahmadi was born 26 March 1957 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Her medical education at Kabul University was interrupted by the Soviet invasion of Kabul during the Soviet–Afghan War.[1][2]
Ahmadi founded and ran the women's organization Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanisthan (RAWA).[1] Ahmadi was accused of distributing resistance literature and was arrested in 1981. She was detained for six months and was tortured by electrocution, denial of sleep and continual interrogation in the Criminal Investigation Department in Afghanistan.[2][3]
For her women's rights and pro-democracy campaigning, Ahmadi was also arrested in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan,[4] and was imprisoned in Pakistan.[1][5][6] Amnesty International worked for her release from prison.[5][7]
Ahmadi fled to Norway as a refugee in 1991, firstly to a refugee reception centre in Haugesund, then later to Oslo where she settled. She studied a masters degree in social anthropology at the University of Oslo.[1] In 1994, Ahmadi founded the organisation "Women against Fundamentalism" in Norway.[1]
In 2008, Ahmadi published the book Silent Screams, which describes the experiences of immigrant women.[5] She published From War to Peace: Our Global Responsibility! in 2024 and gave a talk about her writing at the London Book Fair in 2025.[8]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Ahmadi, Farida". Pax Forlag (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
- ^ a b The Phenomenon of Torture: Hearings and Markup Before the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Its Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, Second Session, on H.J. Res. 605, May 15, 16; September 6, 1984. United States Congress House Committee on Foreign Affairs. 1984. pp. 108–109.
- ^ Amstutz, J. Bruce (July 1994). Afghanistan: The First Five Years of Soviet Occupation. DIANE Publishing. p. 271. ISBN 978-0-7881-1111-2.
- ^ Emadi, Hafizullah (30 August 2002). Repression, Resistance, and Women in Afghanistan. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-313-01246-4.
- ^ a b c Castello, Claudio (14 May 2023). "Identitetspolitikk på bekostning av innvandrerkvinners individualitet". Utrop. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
- ^ Morgan, Robin (8 March 2016). Sisterhood Is Global: The International Women's Movement Anthology. Open Road Media. ISBN 978-1-5040-3324-4.
- ^ International, Amnesty (1982). The Amnesty International Report. Amnesty International Publications. pp. 184–187, 207. ISBN 978-0-939994-05-2.
- ^ BlueRose Publishers (25 March 2025). From conflict to harmony—Farida Ahmadi shares her journey behind From War to Peace at #LBF2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025 – via YouTube.