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Mina Adampour (born 1987) is a Norwegian-Iranian commentator, columnist and medical doctor. She is a board member of TRH Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit's Foundation and is appointed by the Norwegian Directorate of Health as a committee member to the Karl Evang Prize.

Early life and education

Mina Adampour was born in Karachi, Pakistan and has an Iranian background. She attended Foss Upper Secondary School in Oslo.[1] Adampour has lived in both Bodø and Oslo. She's currently a medical doctor graduate from the University of Oslo.

Career

Adampour was involved in politics from an early age. In 2003, at age-sixteen, she organized a large anti-war demonstration outside the US Embassy. Even though she wasn't active in the revolutionary socialist party Red Electoral Alliance, she was asked to run as their candidate in the 2007 local elections and accepted. After the election, she gained a seat in the borough of Grünerløkka.[2] However, Adampour declined to represent the new communist party Red at the 2011 local elections[3]

She has written extensively and have been published in Dagsavisen, Klassekampen, Ny Tid and Utrop. She is also a columnist in the largest newspaper in Norway, Aftenposten. Adampour is frequently seen in public debates,.[4][5][6][7]

Adampour received national attention when Queen Sonja of Norway and Crown Princess Mette-Marit visited her family home.

Critics

Mina Adampour is a controversial debater in Norwegian society famous for spreading classical leftist and islamist anti-israelism and propalestinism. In a Norwegian radio debate on Saturday 17 June [8] she condemned the Israeli actress Gal Gador for her comment where se showed solidarity to her "fellow Israeli citizens" and to "all the boys and girls who are risking their lives protecting" her country "against the horrific acts conducted by Hamas, who are hiding like cowards behind women and children." 

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Mina Adampour claimed in the said radio debate that it is Israel that is hiding cowardly behind civilians and that the Norwegians should boycott the new movie Wonder Woman on the basis that the main actress is an Israeli citizen. In the radio debate Mina Adampour did not show any repulsion over the war techniques used by the terror organisation Hamas, but rather claiming that Gal Gadot with her declaration of solidarity to Israeli soldiers defending the Israeli population "used an inhuman wording vis-à-vis the palestinian victims during the Gaza invasion". She had no condemnations for Hamas.


References

  1. ^ Adampour, Mina (8 October 2005). "Vi må stå sammen – mot rasismen". Internasjonale Sosialister (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Rød Valgallianses liste" (PDF). Valglister (in Norwegian). Grünerløkka bydelsutvalg. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  3. ^ http://xn--rdt-0na.no/grunerlokka/bydelsvalget-2011/
  4. ^ http://www.nrk.no/nett-tv/indeks/312060/
  5. ^ http://www.nrk.no/nett-tv/indeks/309145/
  6. ^ http://nl.nrk.no/podkast/aps/226/nrk_her_og_naa_2012-1113-0740_6348843232.mp3
  7. ^ http://tv.nrk.no/serie/debatten1/nnfa51011013/10-01-2013
  8. ^ https://radio.nrk.no/serie/ukeslutt/NMAG04002417/17-06-2017#t=29m50s/
  9. ^ http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2017/06/01/why_so_many_people_care_that_wonder_woman_is_israeli.html/
  10. ^ http://http://www.miff.no/boikott-aksjoner-mot-israel/2017/06/19NRKUkesluttmeddebatthvorbeggepartervilboikotteIsrael.htm/
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