Abnousse Shalmani

French journalist and writer (born 1977)

Abnousse Shalmani (born 1 April 1977 in Tehran, Iran) is a French journalist and writer.^[1]^[2]

Shalmani was one of the authors along with Peggy Sastre of the open letter criticizing #MeToo sent to the leading French newspaper, Le Monde, signed by over 100 high-profile French women. The letter advocated in part that a "freedom to bother" – a man's right to make a pass at a woman, even if a clumsy one – was "indispensable to sexual freedom".^[3]

References

^ Bouchy, Florence. "Dévoilée par les Lumières". Le Monde. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
^ "Abnousse Shalmani : "Khomeiny, Sade et moi"". La Tribune. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
^ The #MeToo movement took the world by storm. Then it met the French resistance, Annabel Crabb, ABC News Online, 4 September 2018