The Wind in My Hair
My Fight for Freedom in Modern Iran
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The Wind in My Hair
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Narrated by:
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Linda Henning
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By:
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Masih Alinejad
About this listen
'A flame-thrower for the rights of women who live under the thumb of repression and injustice' Tina Brown
BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK
This memoir is the extraordinary story of how one woman, Masih Alinejad, an awe-inspiring journalist and activist from a small village in Iran, overcame enormous adversity to fight for what she truly believed and founded a major movement for women around the world with the simple removal of her hijab.
It all started with a single photo, a bold statement on Masih's Facebook page: a woman standing proudly, her face bare, her beautiful, curly hair blowing in the wind. Her crime: simply removing her veil, or hijab, which is compulsory for women in Iran. This is the photo that sparked a social-media liberation movement, 'My Stealthy Freedom'. Across Iran, women started posting pictures of their uncovered hair on Masih's page in open defiance of the strict religious beliefs of their country (and often, their families) while sharing their personal stories about this powerful mode of expression.
With the creation of 'My Stealthy Freedom' Masih has gained over one million supporters around the world, and inspired Islamic women everywhere to take a stand for their basic human rights. She's been covered by the media from Vogue, to the Guardian, the New York Times and beyond. Last year she was the recipient of the Women's Rights Award from the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy.
But behind the scenes of this movement, Masih has been fighting a painful personal battle. She is a divorcee -- a sin equivalent to prostitution in Iranian culture. As a reporter, Masih has been actively speaking out against the government's corrupt policies for more than a decade, and has faced abuse and slander at every turn. In 2009 she went abroad during the Iranian presidential election with hopes of interviewing Barack Obama. Before the interview could take place, the elections were stolen, Masih's newspaper was shut down, and thousands of Iranians were arrested. She was expelled from her own country, and separated from her only son. Although she eventually was able to take her son abroad, she has not returned to Iran or seen her family in years. To this day, Masih has faith that one day she will be reunited with her homeland.
A defiant, inspiring voice for women's rights, Masih Alinejad speaks for women everywhere.
'Intriguing and inspiring . . . her voice is so important to the Iranian people's struggles for freedom and democracy' Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran©2018 Masih Alinejad (P)2018 Hachette Audio UK
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- Rebecca
- 28-03-2019
Worth Reading
Inspiring, informative and great narration too. highly recommended for anyone interested in freedom and humanity
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Kindle Customer
- 08-05-2020
amazing story
absolutely loved this book with such an amazing story. it would have been much better for it to have been narrated by an Iranian woman, if the author could not do it herself. As an Iranian myself I found it off putting when the narrator repeatedly mispronounced Iranian names of people and places.
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- Helen
- 01-02-2021
An Incredible Woman and Her Increadible Life
The most amazing story of Masih Alinejad's life and what women have to go though in Iran. All Women should read this book and realise how easy life is for the western woman. How can we go on ignoring the Iranian Womens struggle with the unfair and cruel laws of Iran. The incredible fight Masih has had to go through just to be treated with respect as a Woman, Daughter, Mother and Journalist. We western woman should do more, and shame on the Politicians who do nothing, this book is a real eye opener and should be read by everyone.
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