One woman,
#SifanHassan, is celebrated worldwide for winning an Olympic medal while promoting the hijab. At the same time, another woman,
#ArezooBadri, refused to submit to Iran’s mandatory hijab. For this, the police shot at her car, leaving her paralyzed. She now lies in a hospital bed, forgotten by the world. Her photo was sent to me by her friend, trembling with fear of being arrested for sharing it.
Who will you choose to give a voice to?
We, the women of Iran, refuse to let the Islamic regime use our bodies to promote their ideology. For this defiance, we pay with our lives. But tragically, this struggle doesn’t make international headlines anymore.
The world is painfully unjust, and it breaks my heart but we won’t give up our fight.