Karima Bennoune is the UN Special Rapporteur in the field of Cultural Rights; Professor of Law at the University of California, Davis School of Law, and a former Amnesty International Legal Advisor. She won the 2014 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for her book, Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: Untold Stories from the Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism. Professor Bennoune gave the TED Talk: When people of Muslim heritage challenge fundamentalism. Follow her on twitter @KarimaBennoune
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Published in: 50.50The truth about Charlie: one year after the 7 January attacksThe Charlie Hebdo attack one year ago was part of a long tradition of fundamentalist assaults on artists....
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Published in: 50.50Your fatwa does not apply hereThe UN Human Rights Council has appointed Karima Bennoune as Special Rapporteur in the field of Cultural Rights....
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Published in: 50.50Sabeen Mahmud: “I stand up for what I believe in, but I can’t fight guns”Sabeen Mahmud alleviated intellectual poverty until the day she was murdered, 24 April 2015. In an interview with...
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Published in: 50.50Tunisia's fight against fundamentalism: an interview with Amel Grami
In conversations with Karima Bennoune, Tunisian intellectual Amel Grami shares her analysis of the political crisis...
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Published in: 50.50Opposing political Islam in Tunisia: Mohamed Brahmi's widow speaks out
On the first anniversary of Mohamed Brahmi’s assassination, his widow, Mbarka Brahmi, denounces fundamentalism and...
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Published in: 50.50"Support the right to make fun of extremists": an interview with Caroline Fourest
We are facing a political threat, a totalitarian Islamist threat that manifests in terrorism. Journalists are...