Iran’s women have launched a Facebook page, “Stealthy Freedom“, to challenge the Islamic Republic’s requirement of hijab (head covering) in public.

Launched on May 3 and administered by journalist Masih Alinejad, exiled in Britain, the page has almost 100,000 Likes.

One woman takes a selfie of herself driving and writes:

When my scarf falls, sometimes I do not even notice it. Later on, when I touch my head and realize it is not on my head, I childishly laugh out.

Whenever I roll the car window down, and the wind removes my scarf from my head, I do never hurry to put it back on and try to enjoy the fresh air blowing through my hair and on my face.

I wish we could always be so free and comfortable like that.

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Other women have photographed themselves in the ruins of Persepolis and on the shores of the Caspian Sea.

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One woman uses the page for recollection and reflection:

It was the winter of the year 1391 (more than a year ago). I was merrily running in the open area of the university campus.

I took off my scarf and ran again, without a feeling of fear from the Islamic Preservation Committee of the university and a feeling of worry about my religious friends, who certainly thought me a sinner at that moment.

Hijab never meant immunity to me.
It’s not a sin.
The snow in my hair is not a sin.
I ran.
I laughed.
It’s not a sin.

What is actually a sin, is letting ourselves get humiliated by others.

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(h/t Golnaz Esfandiari)