Fatemeh Khavari

Fatemeh Khavari
Fatemeh Khavari in 2018
Born (2000-01-26) 26 January 2000
Teheran, Iran

Fatemeh Khavari (born 26 January 2000) is an Iranian-born activist who focus on Afghan refugees who arrived in Sweden mainly 2015.

Biography

Khavari came to Sweden from Teheran, Iran, with her mother and siblings in 2015 as a family reunion as her older brother was living in the country.[1] She is part of the hazaras.[1]

Khavari and some friends founded the organisation Ung i Sverige; they received attention after a sitdown strike in 2017 in support of Afghan refugees and them not being deported back to Afghanistan.[2]

Khavari became the groups spokesperson, and the strike lasted for 58 days between 6 August to 2 October 2017.[3][4][5]

In 2018, her book Jag stannar till slutet was published.[6] In 2023, she presented her own episode of Sommar i P1 at Sveriges Radio telling about her life and work.[7]

Bibliography

  • Khavari, Fatemeh; Hellquist, Annie (2018). Jag stannar till slutet. Stockholm: Norstedts. ISBN 978-9113086965

References

  1. ^ a b "Fatemeh Khavari ledde dramatiska sittstrejken". Handelsnytt (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 21 September 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  2. ^ Fatemeh Khavari - Ung i Sverige - Morgonpasset i P3 – Gästen (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. Archived from the original on 22 May 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Meet the Teenage Girl Who Led Thousands in Protest Against Sweden's Deportation of Afghan Refugees". 1 November 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  4. ^ "De fick regeringen att svänga om afghanerna – aktivisterna bakom lagförslaget". Expressen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  5. ^ "When Refugees Lead: The Youth Leader Fighting Deportations in — Refugees Deeply". Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Ingen väljer var man föds". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Här är alla årets sommarpratare i P1 2023". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). 8 June 2023. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
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