Faezeh Alavi is a young Iranian woman, now living safely in Scotland, far from the madding crowd of mullahs and their ignoble strife, where she conducts her one-woman campaign against the Islamic Republic entirely on social media, now that her speaking engagements have been cancelled because pro-Palestinian thugs have managed to shut down her talks. She’s a remarkable woman, and I thought her story would interest you as much as it did me. More about her can be found here in an article that you may have missed from six weeks ago: “Faeze [sic] Alavi: Bridging Israeli-Iranian relations against silencing – interview,” by Ohad Merlin, Jerusalem Post, March 27, 2025:
Faezeh Alavi, an Iranian-born scholar and artist whose dialogue event at King’s College was canceled following protests from anti-Israel activists, remains optimistic about restoring Iranian-Israeli relations and rejects Western silencing techniques in academia that “remind her of home.”
“It’s ironic that I left a country with no freedom of expression – only to find myself being silenced in the West – and in an event promoting dialogue between Israelis and Iranians,” said Alavi.
Alavi, a 30-year-old scholar living in Scotland, referred to the canceling of an event she was invited to speak at, titled “From Conflict to Connection: Israelis and Iranians in Dialogue,” hosted at King’s College by the King’s Geopolitics Forum last month.
As the event began and as Alavi started to speak about the Islamic Republic regime’s changing of the traditional Iranian flag, students who were present at the lecture began shouting and screaming slogans, which led to the event being canceled altogether.
Alavi was born in Iran, a country she holds dear but felt she had to leave in search of greater opportunities and freedom of expression. Her experiences paint a vivid picture of life under the Islamic regime – a world of dual lives, where intellectual curiosity constantly battles against systemic oppression.
She recalled the challenging environment of Iranian universities, where anti-Israel and anti-American sentiments form the ideological bedrock of the Islamic Revolution.
Despite the pervasive propaganda, Alavi emphasized that most Iranians secretly desire change. She noted that even professors and teachers often subtly resist the regime’s narrative, finding creative ways to speak truth to power. “It’s very challenging,” she said, “but it’s possible to find a way to truth and common sense.”
Since arriving in the UK, Alavi has dedicated her academic pursuits to understanding development policy and foreign relations, with a particular focus on the Middle East. She is also an artist who views art as a potent vessel of communication, believing in the transformative power of artistic expression – a belief rooted in her Persian cultural background.
“Art can touch people’s hearts and bridge between them,” Alavi explained.
“It doesn’t matter if it’s a poem or a painting. I see power in art that can reach anyone’s hearts. There are things that can’t be described with words, but art manages to convey messages even without them,” Alavi described Persian art relating strongly to emotions.
Her artwork, including a piece titled Chords of Cyrus, symbolizes the historical connection between Iran and Israel, referencing Cyrus the Great’s liberation of Jews from Babylonian captivity. She even created a map of Israel using Persian art techniques, highlighted with orange tones to show support for the Bibas family – and wore a yellow hostage pin during her interview with The Jerusalem Post.
‘Silenced, just like back at home’
As a Muslim woman wearing a hijab while advocating against the Islamic regime in Iran, Alavi described how she faces unique challenges and stigmas in her advocacy.
“People are shocked when they learn of my support for Israel and my rejection of the regime. I’ve been accused of many things, including Islamophobia, which is just ridiculous. They are trying to silence me even though I speak from my personal experience in Iran itself.”
She added that she remains undeterred and will continue to challenge the regime’s narrative that ‘only non-Muslim Iranians desire political change.’…
Alavi is convinced that a great majority of Iranians are fed up with the regime, which rules by fear. They also are well-disposed to Israel, she insists, despite — or possibly because of — the official hatefests organized by the regime to denounce the Little Satan and burn the Israeli flag. The more the hated regime denounces Israel, the greater the support for Israel among Iran’s people. Alawi reminds her audience of the historic ties between Jews and Persians, going back to the 6th century B.C., when the Persian kings allowed the Jews, then enduring their Babylonian Captivity, to return to Jerusalem and to rebuild the Temple (see Ezra 6;14). On social media, she keeps up a constant stream of political polemic: she supports Reza Pahlavi to be the future head of state in what she yearns for Iran to become, a secular and democratic state, with a monarch akin to the British monarch, a unifying national symbol, but without real power. And above all, she looks forward to a public rapprochement, and a real friendship, between Iran and Israel, between Persians and Jews.
You can see more of Faezeh Alavi’s social media posts here.
Hoi Polloi says
I wish her well in her efforts.
Tony says
Do not be deceived by these Muslims. Islam is deceitful and totalitarian, and women do not have equal rights in Islam(Quran 98:6-7; 5:51; 9:5, 29, 111 and more). She is another Muslim deceiver seeking ultimate power and control under Islam. Allah in Qur’an 8:39 says, “And engage in war with them[Non-Muslims] until there will not be sedition and the religion will be completely to Allah…”
40 rounds says
Safe in Scotland? Really?
gravenimage says
Safer than in Iran–but this is not saying much…
Troybeam says
Islam is moving to take over Ireland and Scotland, she may think she is safe however as long as there are Muslims in the same nation she will never be safe. All it takes is one person to harm her or kill her. She will never be free and or safe from Islam.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
That thought struck me as well. There may not be many Iranians (and I suspect most Iranian emigres are probably apostates), but there are plenty of other fanatical mohammedans – from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Somalia, Afghanistan and a variety of other muslim countries. They would be about as much a threat to her, if they knew that she was sympathetic to Jews, aside from her being opposed to the Teheran regime, which they may or may not support
It’s also noteworthy that Pakistanis are the people that have the most favorable opinion of Iran – speaking of the regime here. This despite sipah-e-sehaba and its anti-shi’a activities
Kosh's Shadow says
May she get her country back soon
Wellington says
If she willingly in her heart still remains a Muslim she’s still missing a lot.
somehistory says
A whole “lot,” Wellington. She can never truly be *free* nor a friend to Israel.
Hoi Polloi says
Yes, some. While I hope she succeeds in her opposition, her credibility remains low as a continuing pedophile worshiper. What does she want to see in place of the current powers? Powers that allow her to wear a pastel full cover in place of all black? Powers that raise the age of marriage to a more acceptable 9.5 years?
somehistory says
Good questions, HP.
It makes me think of what the Native Americans said about the lying Whites (which some were), in saying they spoke with a “forked tongue.”
Snakes have forked tongues.
gravenimage says
Sadly, I was thinking th same…
Alkflaeda says
We should pray for her – not just to have an effective platform for her efforts against the Iranian regime, but also for her feet to be set on a rock, and a new song to be put in her mouth (Ps 40)
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I just don’t see how she’s both a fan of Cyrus the Great as well as a devout muslim. Cyrus was the ruler during whose reign Zarathustra – the founder of Zoroastrianism – lived. Anybody who supports the regime & its shi’a agenda pretty much considers the founding of Iran to be under the Safavids, or the Samanids, and would consider anything before the latter as Jahaliya, or the pre-islamic era of ignorance
gravenimage says
Faezeh Alavi, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Worst Nightmare
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Creeping Shari’ah in the West.
MK says
she first give up Islam and then talk. Wearing hijab you agree with Iran regime in Scotland
jule says
In SCOTLAND? We Cannot let Islamists take over USA as they have UK, Germany, Holland, Ireland, EVEN Scotland. Do people understand what danger we are in?
abu taleb says
In a way, she is still helping the Islam fundamentalists by portraying Islam as a peace religion so that Islam can still thrive and the jihadis can easily kill non muslims because non muslims do not realize the true Islam.
Infidel always says
Precisely.
Hoi Polloi says
Agreed.
somehistory says
Exactly right, abu.
Bexarkat says
Nonetheless, I would like to have a closer view of the map in orange.
Billy says
She is another Muslim deceiver against ALL Non-Muslims as taught in Islam’s Quran(Quran 9:5, 29, 111 and more). There are NO EQUAL RIGHTS UNDER THE LAW in Islam for women, children, and Non-Muslims(Quran 5:51; 3:28 and more).
Allah’s Islam seeks (1) to ensure Islam’s legitimacy against Non-Muslims, (2) to impose Islamic Law in Western Legal Systems, and (3) to advance Islam’s totalitarian goals. Like a Foreign Terrorist Organization(FTO) designated by the USA Secretary of State, ISLAM IS A MUSLIM TERRORIST ORGANIZATION(MTO) against all Non-Muslims and NOT A PEACEFUL RELIGION UNDER WESTERN LAWS(Quran 2:216; 4:65,89,95,115; 8:12,39,55,74; 9:5,29,41,49, 73,88,111,123; 49:15; 60:4; 61:9-11; 89:14 and more).
James Lincoln says
Until she renounces islam – and gets rid of that hijab – I don’t trust her.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Good point
somehistory says
Neither do I, James.
Nina says
In 2016, the BBC published a groundbreaking report based on newly declassified U.S. diplomatic cables, revealing significant behind-the-scenes interactions between President Jimmy Carter’s administration and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s faction in the lead-up to the Iranian Revolution of 1979. The report sheds light on how Khomeini ensured that American interests in Iran, particularly oil, were safeguarded while simultaneously seeking American support for his return to power. In return, Carter’s administration is shown to have facilitated Khomeini’s rise by preventing a military coup from the Iranian army.
In his memoir Answer to History, Mohammad Reza Shah, the ousted ruler of Iran, claimed that foreign agents, including the United States, played a role in orchestrating the 1963 demonstrations that led to his regime’s challenges. He further stated that President John F. Kennedy initially sought to remove Khomeini but later reversed his stance. The Shah also believed that President Carter, like Kennedy, had an inclination to interfere in Iranian affairs. As his government’s oil contracts neared expiration, the Shah felt that American and British interests colluded against him due to his nationalization of oil resources and subsequent price hikes in 1973.
Dan S says
Given the way the Scottish and Irish leadership are expressing support for middle eastern radicals I would not refer to them as a ‘safe’ place for her to reside…