In 2014, Mariam Ibraheem of Sudan was sentenced by a Sharia court to 100 lashes for adultery because she had married a Christian man, and death by hanging for refusing to renounce her Christian faith and follow Islam. She was imprisoned with her young son while she was pregnant with her second child.

Today, Mariam advocates on behalf of others who are victims of religious persecution and also for women who suffer from the personal prison of abuse. She is the co-founder and director of global mobilization for the Tahrir Alnisa Foundation. Learn more at tahriralnisa.org