Fatemeh Khavari
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Fatemeh Khavari | |
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.jpg) Fatemeh Khavari in 2018 | |
| Born | 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.
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]
