Fatemeh Khavari (born 26 January 2000) is an Iranian-born activist who focuses on Afghan refugees. She arrived in Sweden in 2015.
Biography 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. She is part of the hazaras.
Khavari and some friends founded the organisation ; they received attention after a sitdown strike in 2017 in support of Afghan refugees and them not being deported back to Afghanistan.
Khavari became the groups spokesperson, and the strike lasted for 58 days between 6 August to 2 October 2017.
In 2018, her book was published. In 2023, she presented her own episode of Sommar i P1 at Sveriges Radio telling about her life and work.
Bibliography Khavari, Fatemeh; Hellquist, Annie (2018). Jag stannar till slutet. Stockholm: Norstedts.
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