Iraqi Feminist Yanar Mohammed Takes to the Airwaves

It is not unusual for millions of Iraqis to fix their television sets on talk shows and catch Yanar Mohammed, speaking forcefully in a tone that is polite but determined, serious yet animated, seated between a Muslim cleric and a representative of the U.S. position to her left, and a Kurdish political candidate and a Sunni opposition leader to her right.  Yanar stands out for two reasons. She is a woman. And she does not wait for good questions. She asks them.

Houzan Mahmoud is continuously been interviewed by various media outlets about her organisations opposition to the so called elections and the current political situation in Iraq, the women’s rights and violation of human rights in Iraq.  In her answer’s Houzan made sure to expose the current sham elections and its empty meaning politically in Iraq, she described it as a show only, which has nothing to do with implementing “democracy” but it is rather a sectarian division of tribal, religious and ethnic interest of each party taking part in the elections in the 15/12/2005.

Houzan also in some other parts in various interviews shed the light on the important struggle of women and workers to end the occupation. She also stressed upon the importance of ending the ongoing military occupation of Iraq, and endless support for Iraq’s secular and progressive movement.  Among those media outlet who interviewed Houzan Mahmoud are the followings: