Zana Ramadani (born 1984) is a German politician, feminist activist, and author of Albanian descent. She was born in

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, but fled to

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as a child. She was chair of the

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, the youth organization of the CDU (Conservative Party), in

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in Central Germany. She came to prominence when she founded the German branch of the feminist protest group FEMEN in 2012, and was involved in a number of topless protests against sexual exploitation. One high-profile protest involved invading the stage of

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's television casting show ''

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'' during the finale of cycle 8 sporting the slogan "Heidi horror picture show" as a critique of the beauty ideal propagated by the fashion industry. In another, the group appeared on the street in Hamburg's red-light district (the

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), with Ramadani wearing the slogan "Destroy the Sex Industry!". Ramadani's book ''Die verschleierte Gefahr: Die Macht der muslimischen Mütter und der Toleranzwahn der Deutschen'' was published in March 2017. It critiques

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and the role of Muslim mothers. According to a

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interview in April 2017, she frequently receives death threats from conservative

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s, and after she was pregnant, the Muslim threats also included beating her to cause a miscarriage. As police would not give her protection, she applied for a

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