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.
Other women have photographed themselves in the ruins of Persepolis and on the shores of the Caspian Sea.
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.
(h/t Golnaz Esfandiari)
