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= Farida Ahmadi = Farida Ahmadi (born on March 26, 1957 in Kabul) is an Afghan author, lecturer, and women´s rights activist residing in Oslo.

In 2008, she published the book "Silent Screams," which describes immigrant women's experiences with isolation, exclusion, health issues, and difficulties in securing permanent employment. Ahmadi is a member of The Foreign Commission Federation of Afghan Refugee Organizations of Europe and the founder of the organization Global Happiness.

Ahmadi arrived in Norway as a refugee in 1991, initially at a refugee reception center in Haugesund, and later settling in Oslo. In 1994, she founded the organization "Women Against Fundamentalism." In 2020, she became a member of the board of the Green Women's Network, which is a part of the Green Party (Miljøpartiet De Grønne).

= Prison = Due to her efforts for human rights and democracy, she has been imprisoned in both Afghanistan and Pakistan.

She was imprisoned twice in Afghanistan. The first time, she was arrested as a student during a demonstration against the Soviet occupation. On the second time she was arrested in Afghanistan, she was also tortured. Consequently, she participated in the Permanent People's Tribunal at the Sorbonne University in Paris on December 16, 1982, to testify about the torture she and other women had experienced, as well as other arrests of women committed by the occupying forces.

Ahmadi also experienced imprisonment in Pakistan. As the Soviet forces left from Afghanistan and the democracy movement worked for a freer state, many were killed and arrested. Ahmadi was arrested among several other intellectuals. Amnesty International actively worked to secure Ahmadi's release from prison in Pakistan. After her release, she fled to Norway.

= Education = Ahmadi attended Malali High School in Kabul, an international school in Kabul with instruction in French. Therefore, Ahmadi is fluent in French and delivers lectures in French.

In Afghanistan, she studied medicine and stomatology for four years at Kabul University (1978–1982). Her studies were interrupted by the Soviet invasion of Kabul in 1982. As a medical student, Ahmadi was involved in healthcare work in Afghan districts, focusing on initiatives related to women and children.

In 2006, she earned a master's degree in social anthropology from the University of Oslo while residing in Oslo.

= Authorship =  Silent Screams (2008) 

"Her book Silent Screams: Minority Women's Need for Recognition was written in connection with her masters and published in 2008. In the book, Ahmadi describes discrimination in the Norwegian welfare society through the lives of immigrant women. She describes their difficulties in securing jobs, managing finances, understanding new political and institutional systems, and often experiencing a limited degree of freedom within their own homes. She also elaborates on issues related to prejudices in public spaces, such as with doctors, at school, or in the media. Ahmadi connects these challenges to the health problems faced by women and perceives Norway as a country with significant class disparities."

As a medical student in Afghanistan, Ahmadi often faced women with health challenges, but these were often linked to circumstances marked by war, poverty, religious fundamentalism, a lack of knowledge and healthcare. Ahmadi describes that she was surprised by the number of immigrant women with similar symptoms when she arrived in Norway in the early '90s.

Ahmadi illustrates how these challenges result in health issues for minority women. She believes that multiculturalism is like a domino effect, creating more pain and suffering. She writes that men “alongside women, are caught up in multiculturalism, facing additional pressures such as poverty, unemployment, and a lack of belonging. Ahmadi sees multiculturalism as a misleading policy that produces a domino effect.”

She perceives Norway as a country with class differences but interprets multiculturalism in Norway as an unofficial phenomenon. In the book, she writes, among other things, that "(m)multiculturalism is a misunderstood political strategy because it creates an imbalance in the social contract, which is part of the basis of democracy as we know it today." According to Ahmadi, multiculturalism makes an imbalance between rights and responsibilities in society.

"Silent Screams" was originally written in Bokmål but has later been translated into English, Farsi, and Japanese.

= Boundless Vegetables and Herbs (2012) = In 2012, Loveleen Rihel Brenna, the leader of Seema AS, prepared the book "Boundless Vegetables and Herbs" in collaboration with The Norwegian Horticultural Society, as a gift for Queen Sonja on her 75th birthday. Farida Ahmadi and many other minority women contributed to the collaboration. The book presents women's knowledge of vegetables and herbs from various nations and how to use them in Norway. Ahmadi's contribution included a section on how food is also a part of culture. She presented the dessert "Peace and Justice" from Afghanistan, explaining how women had fought for Afghan independence through 80 years with this dessert.

= Global Happiness = In 2017, she established the organization Global Happiness, with the mission of promoting peace and joy on earth.

= References =


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 * 2) «GK-STYRET». Grønt Kvinnenettverk. Besøkt 13. mai 2022
 * 3) ^ Ramakrishnan, Nitya (30. mai 2013). In Custody: Law, Impunity and Prisoner Abuse in South Asia (engelsk) . SAGE Publishing India. ISBN 978-81-321-1751-3
 * 4) ^ «Lycée Malalai - Kabul». wikimapia.org (engelsk) . Besøkt 13. mai 2022
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 * 6) ^ Ahmadi, Farida (2006). «Tause skrik : smerte og multikulturalisme blant minoritetskvinner i Oslo». Besøkt 13. mai 2022
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