Soheila Fors (born 8 February 1967) is an Iranian-Swedish

women's rights Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries. In some countries, ...

activist, writer and founder of the Khatoon-foundation for immigrant women.

Biography

Fors was born in

Gilan-e Gharb Gilan-e Gharb (Kurdish: Gyellan گیەڵان) ( fa, گيلانغرب; also Romanized as Gīlān-e Gharb; also known as Gharb) is the capital city of Gilan-e Gharb County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. Demographics The city is populated by Kurds ...

Kermanshah Kermanshah ( fa, کرمانشاه, Kermânšâh ), also known as Kermashan (; romanized: Kirmaşan), is the capital of Kermanshah Province, located from Tehran in the western part of Iran. According to the 2016 census, its population is 946,68 ...

, and after having joined the resistance against

Ayatollah Khomeini Ruhollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini, Imam Khomeini ( , ; ; 17 May 1900 – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian political and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the founder of ...

following the regime's persecution of her family, she moved to Sweden in 1993 with her husband and two children. As the relationship became increasingly more abusive, she divorced her husband, and eventually married her current husband in 1998, with whom she has two children. Driven by her own experience, Fors established shelters for women to break out of isolation and abuse, focusing particularly on immigrant women suffering under honour culture. She has also been active in collecting relief aid to refugees in Kurdistan. Due to her activism, she has received death threats from people claiming to represent the

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant An Islamic state is a State (polity), state that has a form of government based on sharia, Islamic law (sharia). As a term, it has been used to describe various historical Polity, polities and theories of governance in the Islamic world. As a t ...

(ISIL). Fors was chosen as "Rolemodel of the year" by Christian newspaper '' Dagen'' in 2012. Her biography, ''Kärleken blev mitt vapen'', was released in 2015. A former Muslim, she is now a Christian.

Published books

*2015: ''Kärleken blev mitt vapen''. Libris. . *2016: ''Bakom varje fönster bor ett hjärta''. Libris. .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fors, Soheila 1967 births Living people Converts to Christianity from Islam Former Muslim critics of Islam Iranian emigrants to Sweden Iranian Kurdish women Iranian refugees Naturalized citizens of Sweden Refugees in Sweden Swedish Christians Swedish critics of Islam Swedish former Muslims Swedish women writers Swedish women's rights activists Swedish writers