Government Quote by Yanar Mohammed

In the very first part of the constitution there is the article that refuses any law or any article in discrepancy with Sharia. We…

— Yanar Mohammed

We have had many wars with other countries and when a prisoner comes back they get many benefits, they get a house, they get…

— Yanar Mohammed

The constitution has put women in a position where no one will protect them from religious cliques. If a woman is the third or…

— Yanar Mohammed

The US empowered the Shi'a Islamic political groups and marginalised a big part of Iraq who were recognised as Sunni people. It was only…

— Yanar Mohammed

OWFI was founded by a few Iraqi women who decided to have a voice. We were sure the future government would not be a…

— Yanar Mohammed

Before 2003, none of us knew which part of the country was Sunni and which part was Shi'a. This was something new to Iraq…

— Yanar Mohammed

The new update of 2014-2015 is, of course, the attack of ISIS. But this is rooted in recent history. It is the direct result…

— Yanar Mohammed

I would like to see a law legalising women's shelters in Iraq. I would like to see our radio being opened again as a…

— Yanar Mohammed

What has ISIS done to the women in the cities they have conquered? Direct enslavement, humiliation and turning women into concubines to be bought…

— Yanar Mohammed

When you torture a person for long periods you might get a very passionate human rights defender but most probably you will get a…

— Yanar Mohammed

In Iraq, we did have dictators, we did have times of war but it never reached the point where one person, or a group,…

— Yanar Mohammed

In the beginning, in 2003, there was the Iraqi resistance, which didn't want the US occupation, then they developed Al Qaeda, but even then…

— Yanar Mohammed