Rabia Kazan

Rabia Kazan (born 25 June 1976) is a Turkish author and women's rights activist. She is the president of the Middle Eastern Women's Coalition (MEWC) and was formerly on the board of directors of the National Diversity Coalition for Trump (NDC TRUMP). Kazan is a former Muslim and a critic of Islam, known for her bestselling book The Angels of Tehran about the legal prostitution system in Iran.

Career Kazan started her journalism career in 1996 as a correspondent working for the Istanbul Documentary show on Flash TV, a Turkish television channel. She then became a columnist for the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) affiliated with the Turkish newspaper Ortadoğu, where she worked for six years and conducted an interview with Mehmet Ali Ağca that rose her to fame. She also founded the news magazine Haber Revizyon in Istanbul.

In 2007, Kazan went to Iran undercover, where she interviewed around 200 women Her book became a bestseller in Turkey. After her work and publication of her books, she received multiple death threats.

She visited many Middle Eastern countries in dedication to her work to save women across the Middle Eastern from Sharia law by recording information taken from the women she met and work with.

She promoted Secularism in Islam to prevent of child marriages and the human trafficking of women on various media platforms in Italy.

Kazan moved to the United States in 2010

Kazan launched a global campaign in 2014 named This Is Not My Allah against Islamic terrorism with French political analyst Alain Wagner in New York City.

Political involvement In 2015, Kazan endorsed Donald Trump because of his statements about radical Islam. In 2016, she joined the National Diversity Coalition for Trump (NDC TRUMP) as an executive. Kazan also donated to Trump's campaign, which, as a foreign national, was illegal for her to do.

She expressed disillusionment with Trump, stating that she believed he would support causes like fighting radical Islam and ISIS but ultimately felt betrayed by her experiences with his orbit of operatives. According to the Washington Post, Kazan for a short time flirted with lobbyist and retired US Marine Robert F. Hyde, who was previously implicated in the Trump-Ukraine scandal.

In October 2022, Kazan married Clayton Saunders, an investor who owns Saunders & Associates, at the Turkish Embassy in Washington, DC.

Kazan has converted to Christianity.