Personal is Political: Masih Alinejad, the woman whose hair fuelled the anti-hijab sentiment in Iran
2 years, 3 months ago

Personal is Political: Masih Alinejad, the woman whose hair fuelled the anti-hijab sentiment in Iran

Firstpost  

It was a picture of Masih Alinejad’s hair in the wind that propelled Iranian women to let their hair down years ago. Now, the Iranian-American journalist is giving voice to the anti-hijab protests in the Islamic Republic through her social media Journalist Masih Alinejad has always been vocal against Iran’s compulsory hijab law despite not being able to visit the Islamic Republic for over a decade. Alinejad’s ‘White Wednesdays’ campaign urges women to wear white headscarves or white clothes as a symbol of protest against Iran’s mandatory hijab law. Alinejad also runs ‘Let Us Talk’ social media campaign to spread awareness about women forced to wear hijabs in Iran and Afghanistan.

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US porn star Whitney Wright sparks fury in Iran

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As Iranians rise up, it's time we also challenged the stereotype of the misogynist Iranian man
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As Iranians rise up, it's time we also challenged the stereotype of the misogynist Iranian man

Salon  

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Masih Alinejad is fighting Iran's leaders and inspiring the country's women to rise up
2 years ago

Masih Alinejad is fighting Iran's leaders and inspiring the country's women to rise up

ABC  

Masih Alinejad is under attack. "The Iranian government is scared of me and I'm only 45 kilos," says Alinejad, an Iranian journalist and human rights activist who was banned from reporting in Iran and driven into exile 13 years ago. Ladan Boroumand, co-founder of Abdorrahman Boroumand Center, a Washington-based organisation that advocates for human rights in Iran, says that Facebook …

How Iranian women are shaming Western politicians for emboldening tyrannical regime
2 years, 2 months ago

How Iranian women are shaming Western politicians for emboldening tyrannical regime

Firstpost  

Journalist Masih Alinejad tweeted the video of the French artists cutting their hair and demanded the western female politicians who wore hijab in front of Islamic Republic officials to do the same & make an apology New Delhi: Several French artists, including, Juliette Binoche, and Marion Cotillard, in a viral video were seen cutting their hair in solidarity with Mahsa …

Journalist Masih Alinejad invites feminists, freedom fighters around the world to support Iranian women
2 years, 2 months ago

Journalist Masih Alinejad invites feminists, freedom fighters around the world to support Iranian women

Firstpost  

Unrest has spread across the country as women burned their headscarves to protest laws that force women to wear the hijab. Seven people are reported to have been killed, and the government has almost completely shut down the internet Iran: Iranian journalist and activist Masih Alinejad, who has always been vocal against Iran’s compulsory hijab law, invited feminists and freedom …

Watch: Anti-hijab woman activist brutally beaten on Iran streets
2 years, 2 months ago

Watch: Anti-hijab woman activist brutally beaten on Iran streets

Firstpost  

Iranian forces have indulged in a violent crackdown on protestors in the ongoing anti-hijab protests sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini on 16 September New Delhi: Pulling the girl from her shoulder an Iranian cop throws her on the footpath with her head hitting the curb backwards, in a video showing how Iran is cracking down on women …

Dissident: 'Iranian Women Are Furious' Over Headscarf Death
2 years, 3 months ago

Dissident: 'Iranian Women Are Furious' Over Headscarf Death

Huff Post  

In this photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, protesters chant slogans during a protest over the death of a woman who was detained by the morality police, in downtown Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. via Associated Press NEW YORK — The tears come quickly to Masih Alinejad …

Dissident: ‘Iranian women are furious’ over headscarf death
2 years, 3 months ago

Dissident: ‘Iranian women are furious’ over headscarf death

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The tears come quickly to Masih Alinejad when she talks about the messages she’s received in recent days from women in Iran protesting against their government after a young woman died in police custody over a violation of the country’s strict religious dress code. “I feel the anger of people right now through their text messages,” Alinejad …

Dissident: 'Iranian women are furious' over headscarf death
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Dissident: 'Iranian women are furious' over headscarf death

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Photos: Iran protests spread as internet curbed
2 years, 3 months ago

Photos: Iran protests spread as internet curbed

Al Jazeera  

Nationwide protests have continued in Iran after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was detained for what the country’s morality police deemed “immodest clothing”. Iran’s morality police enforce strict rules in Iran requiring women to cover their hair and wear loose-fitting clothes in public. Iranian media and a local prosecutor said five people had been killed in the last …

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