Taslima Nasrin
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Taslima Nasrin is a Bangladeshi-born writer, physician, and outspoken feminist known for her critical views on religious fundamentalism and advocacy for secularism and women's rights.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Taslima Nasrin canonical | 4 |
| Taslima | 1 |
| Taslima Nasreen | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6849107 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Taslima Nasrin Context triple: [Hermann Kesten Prize, hasRecipient, Taslima Nasrin]
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A.
Shirin Ebadi
Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian lawyer, former judge, and human rights activist who won the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote democracy and human rights, especially for women and children in Iran.
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B.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Somali-born Dutch-American activist, writer, and former politician known for her outspoken criticism of Islam and advocacy for women's rights and freedom of expression.
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C.
Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy is an Indian author and activist best known for her Booker Prize–winning novel "The God of Small Things" and her outspoken political commentary on social and environmental justice.
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D.
Hanan Ashrawi
Hanan Ashrawi is a Palestinian legislator, activist, and scholar known internationally for her advocacy of Palestinian rights and involvement in Middle East peace negotiations.
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E.
Alaa Al Aswany
Alaa Al Aswany is a prominent contemporary Egyptian novelist and columnist best known internationally for his critically acclaimed novel "The Yacoubian Building."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Taslima Nasrin Target entity description: Taslima Nasrin is a Bangladeshi-born writer, physician, and outspoken feminist known for her critical views on religious fundamentalism and advocacy for secularism and women's rights.
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A.
Shirin Ebadi
Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian lawyer, former judge, and human rights activist who won the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote democracy and human rights, especially for women and children in Iran.
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B.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Somali-born Dutch-American activist, writer, and former politician known for her outspoken criticism of Islam and advocacy for women's rights and freedom of expression.
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C.
Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy is an Indian author and activist best known for her Booker Prize–winning novel "The God of Small Things" and her outspoken political commentary on social and environmental justice.
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D.
Hanan Ashrawi
Hanan Ashrawi is a Palestinian legislator, activist, and scholar known internationally for her advocacy of Palestinian rights and involvement in Middle East peace negotiations.
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E.
Alaa Al Aswany
Alaa Al Aswany is a prominent contemporary Egyptian novelist and columnist best known internationally for his critically acclaimed novel "The Yacoubian Building."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
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physician ⓘ secularist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | MBBS ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Ananda Puraskar
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Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ⓘ |
| birthName |
Taslima Nasreen
ⓘ
linked to:
Taslima Nasrin
|
| causeOfNotability | exile due to death threats from fundamentalists ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Bangladesh
ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Bangladesh ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1962-08-25 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Mymensingh Medical College ⓘ |
| familyName | Nasrin ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
feminism
ⓘ
human rights ⓘ literature ⓘ secularism ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
ⓘ
essay ⓘ novel ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| givenName |
Taslima
ⓘ
linked to:
Taslima Nasrin
|
| hasResidence |
Dhaka
ⓘ
Kolkata ⓘ
linked to:
Calcutta
New Delhi ⓘ
linked to:
New Delhi, India
Stockholm ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Bengali
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| movement |
feminism
ⓘ
secularism ⓘ |
| name | Taslima Nasrin ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy of secularism
ⓘ
advocacy of women’s rights ⓘ criticism of religious fundamentalism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Amar Meyebela
ⓘ
Ka ⓘ Lajja ⓘ Uttal Hawa ⓘ |
| occupation |
columnist
ⓘ
essayist ⓘ feminist activist ⓘ human rights activist ⓘ novelist ⓘ physician ⓘ poet ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Mymensingh ⓘ |
| positionOn |
critical of Islamism
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critical of religious fundamentalism ⓘ supportive of gender equality ⓘ supportive of secular state ⓘ |
| religion | atheism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Taslima Nasrin Description of subject: Taslima Nasrin is a Bangladeshi-born writer, physician, and outspoken feminist known for her critical views on religious fundamentalism and advocacy for secularism and women's rights.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Taslima Nasrin
linked to: Taslima Nasrin
subject linked to:
Lajja (original Bengali title of Shame)