About My Stealthy Freedom

Dear all,
Today I would like to talk about My Stealthy Freedom, a movement I've been following both in Facebook and Twitter. If you have seen their Facebook web page, you then should know about their struggle to overcome compulsory hijab in Iran. They wear white clothes on Wednesday and they remove their veils. In doing so, they're advocating for their rights and they become champions of the Iranian feminist movement. I've just started to follow Masih Alinejad in Twitter who has become the most visible person of this movement. She is the person who prompted the  "white Wednesdays"initiative, and she is the one who shares the videos these brave women send her from Iran. This might sound quite innocent to you, but it's quite risky for these women, as they might be arrested by the "morality police".
I have seen lots of videos from different women in Iran who have dared to send their videos to Masih Alinejad. I have to say I normally watch them without commenting, and I don't normally share them. However, once I've learned that some of these brave women have been arrested as a result os their innocent actions, I've felt impeled to write openly about their ordeal.

Saba Kord Ashari is one of the women who sent a video to Masih Alinejad, who warn her she might face arrestment if her video was released. However, this young girl was more than willing to take the risk. As a result she got arrested and authorities forced her to confess after her own mother was also detained. She has been sentenced to twenty four years in prison, which at the young age of twenty must be really distressful.
I can't even imagine what this young girl must be feeling, but I guess she must feel extremely anxious and very lonely. I have read about the terrible events going on in the infamous prison of Evin in Iran. In 2003 Zahra Kazemi was brutally raped and murdered there. Consequently, this young girl who now faces a very gloomy future in an Iranian prison must be fearing for her life too.
For women like me who have been born just before the Spanish dictator Franco passed away, freedom might be something we often take for granted. However, as you've just read, for many women freedom is no more than an illusion. They don't have their own voice, and that's the main reason why we have to speak out loud for them. Alinejad has stated that we need to share their stories in order to become their voice. In adittion, she has also complained about the lack of response from the global feminist movement, as they have failed to support Iranian women.  Therefore, I want to state that I am a feminist and I do want to share their stories and become their voice. I don't write a very successful blog, I have to admit that few people share my entries. Nevertheless,  I still want to give voice to the women in Iran who have risked their freedom to denounce the lack of  women rights in their country. I believe that if we all share their stories and combine our voices to support them we'll become a very strong force.
I would like to share a video in which Masih Aljinedad recounts her own story and how she has challenged compulsory hijab.