A new film by CEMB – Women Leaving Islam – will premiere on 1 February 2021, World Hijab Day.
In this powerful film, six ex-Muslim women activists share their moving stories of growing up in Muslim families and Muslim-majority countries and the violence, loss and shunning they faced because of their scepticism and apostasy.
The women talk about everything from tearing their hijab on door handles as a child, wearing a burkini on a beach in Italy, wanting to scream their atheism in Mecca during Hajj, losing custody of a child after a husband’s accusations of blasphemy, reporting a violent fundamentalist father, forging a male guardian’s signature in order to flee their country and being shunned for defending LGBT rights…
Despite the risks, the women speak of hope, happiness and finding freedom in leaving Islam.
The brave women: Fay Rahman, Halima Salat, Mimzy Vidz, Rana Ahmad and Zara Kay reside/have resided in Australia, Britain, Germany and the Netherlands. They are from backgrounds as diverse as Bangladeshi, British, Egyptian/Moroccan, Saudi, Somali/Kenyan, Pakistani and Tanzanian.
A sneak preview of the film was made available on 10 Decembe for International Human Rights Day.
The documentary will premiere on 1 February 2021, at 6.00pm UK time as a challenge to World Hijab Day and Islam’s modesty culture.
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For more information on the film or CEMB’s activities, please contact: Maryam Namazie at hello@council-of-ex-muslims-of-britain-e5a565.ingress-baronn.ewp.live.
Producer: Gita Sahgal
Executive Producer: Maryam Namazie
Producer, Director and Filmmaker: Reason4Freedom
www.ex-muslim.org.uk