Dilsa Demirbag Sten

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Dilsa Demirbag Sten (pronounced "Dilcha") (born Dilsa Demirbag, 10 October 1969) is a Swedish author and journalist. A self-described liberal atheist, she is a frequent commentator on topics such as integration, honor violence, religious oppression of women and islamic fundamentalism. She is a contributor to the newspapers Expressen, Östgöta Correspondenten, Göteborgs-Posten, Dagens Nyheter, Fokus and Axess. She has also hosted an own television show on Swedish TV8. She is a secular humanist and a board member of the Swedish Humanist Association.

Dilsa Demirbag was born into a Kurdish nomadic family in Kirvan, a small village in eastern Turkey. She came to Sweden with her family in 1976 (at the age of six) and grew up in the cities of Karlstad and Uppsala. At young age she was brought by her family into a forced marriage, but eventually managed to break the engagement and then moved to Stockholm. She has worked at Riksteatern, Amnesty International and as a special adviser to the former Swedish Minister for Integration Leif Blomberg. She is a trained informant and holds a Bachelor of Arts-degree in political science and history from Stockholm University.

Her autobiography Stamtavlor ("Pedigrees"), which deals with her family's background from Kurdish descent of Turkish[clarify], was published in 2005. She is currently working on her second book that is planned for publishing in 2008.

She has four siblings: Dilba, Dilnarin, Dilber and Assan. Her sister Dilba is a famous singer and her sister Dilnarin is a dancer who has performed on stage with artists such as Martin "E-type" Eriksson. She is married and has two children.

[edit] Works

  • Dilsa Demirbag-Sten, Stamtavlor. Norstedts. ISBN 91-1-301102-2
  • Svenska en nödvändighet. NVP
  • Handbok mot våld. Justitiedepartementet ( Ministry of Justice )
  • Från Alfons till Dostojevskij. Co-writer. Rädda Barnen
  • Makten framför allt. Co-writer. W&W
  • Violence in The Name of Honour. Co-writer. Istanbul Bilgi University Press
  • Tystade röster. Co-writer. Tranan. ISBN 978-91-85133-13-0

[edit] Trivia

  • boardmember of Humanistena ( Swedish Humanist Association )
  • boardmember of Swedish Institute
  • boardmember of Riksteatern
  • member of Globaliseringsrådet ( Globalisation Council )


Persondata
NAME Demirbag Sten, Dilsa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Demirbag, Dilsa (birth name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION Swedish author and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 10 October 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirvan, Turkey
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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