Iranian Women Are Posting Pics With Their Hair Flying Free In Protest Of Strict Hijab Laws
In 2014, Iran’s morality police warned, fined or arrested an
astonishing 3.6 million women for charges related to inappropriate
dress. Right now wearing the Islamic hijab is a mandatory practice for
all women in Iran.
Masih Alinejad, an Iranian Journalist living in
the US, would like to change all of that and grant women the choice to
wear their hair covered or uncovered. Alinejad says, “My mother wants to
wear a scarf. I don’t want to wear a scarf. Iran should be for both of
us.”
In hopes of spreading her message and making social change
Alinejad is prompting Iranian women both near and far to post photos of
themselves enjoying life with their hair unveiled. Alinjad started a
Facebook group called My Stealthy Freedom, which has already massed over 820,000 followers that stand in support of protesting Iran’s strict Hijab laws.
