My Stealthy Freedom

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My Stealthy Freedom is an online movement that was started in 2014 by Masih Alinejad,[1] an Iranian-born journalist and activist based in the United Kingdom[2] and the United States.[3] This movement started as a Facebook page, called My Stealthy Freedom, where women in Iran post photos of themselves without scarves, as a protest against the compulsory hijab laws in the country.[4] By the end of 2016, the page has surpassed 1 million Facebook likes.[5] The initiative has received wide international and national coverage,[6] and has been both praised and criticized.

  1. ^ Khiabany 2016, p. 225; Seddighi & Tafakori 2016, p. 925; Tahmasebi-Birgani 2017, p. 186.
  2. ^ Novak & Khazraee 2014, p. 1094; Koo 2016, pp. 142–143; Seddighi & Tafakori 2016, p. 925.
  3. ^ Moorhead, Joanna (2 June 2018). "The Wind in My Hair: One Woman's Struggle Against the Hijab". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  4. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "My Stealthy Freedom: Fighting Iran's Hijab Rules | DW News". YouTube. 27 January 2019.
  5. ^ Fathi, Nazila (20 April 2015). "Meet the Iconoclast Inspiring Iranian Women to Remove Their Headscarves". Vogue. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  6. ^ Khiabany 2016, p. 225.