Lily Bandehy (born 1949) is a Norwegian-Iranian author, commentator and critic of Islam.
Born in Iran, Bandehy was an oppositional activist against both the Shah and Ayatollah Khomeini.
Islams forakt for kvinner, a book critical of Islam's positions on women, that needed police protection at its release event.
[3] She has said that it is worth risking one's life to criticise Islam,[4] and she has held demonstrations where she has publicly burned the hijab.
[5] Singer Tooji who represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 is her son.