Brilliant. Iranians are getting cleverer and moving forward.
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Iranian Women Remove Hijabs in Facebook Photo Series
By Elise Solé, Shine Staff | Healthy Living – 20 hours ago
Facebook/Stealthy Freedoms of Iranian WomenLondon-based Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad told the U.K.'s The Guardian that since she created the page on May 3, she's been inundated by submissions. "I've hardly slept in the past three days because of the number of pictures and messages I've received," she said.
The hijab is a veil that covers the head and chest and is worn by many Muslim women. Alinejad says she is not anti-hijab (her mother wears one and Alinejad did for 30 years until she left her Iranian village in 2009) but it took time to summon the courage to tell people that she prefers to go without it. Now, she wants other women to feel comfortable making their own decisions about the religious headpiece.
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Yahoo Shine could not reach Alinejad for comment, however, she told The Guardian, "Iran's state television is only showing one side of society, only the people with hijab. It gives no airtime to people who have a different voice, who have a different lifestyle," adding: "I want to live in a country where both me, who doesn't have hijab, and my sister, who prefers hijab, can live alongside each other."
Alinejad asks women's permission before publishing their photos and she doesn't reveal their identifying information. She explained to the newspaper that her intention is not to encourage others to defy the tradition, only to give those who do a voice.
Facebook/MyStealthyFreedomThe photos reveal women in various locales. "My stealthy freedom at Kish Island waterfront," wrote one who posted a photo of herself throwing her head back at the resort island in the Persian Gulf. Another posted a photo of herself and her husband on the beach, writing, "My husband and I enjoying our stealthy freedom by the Caspian sea." And one woman posted her image, taken in an unknown field, with her scarf blowing in the wind behind her. "No words to say. Just that freedom is wonderfully enjoyable; even a brief moment of it," she wrote. One even boldly posed standing near two parked police cars. The caption: "She is standing bareheaded only meters away from the police cars. It takes guts to do so."__._,_.___
