The Wind in My Hair Fight for Freedom Modern Iran

This memoir is the extraordinary story of how one Iranian woman 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. The photo of a woman standing proudly, face bare, hair blowing in the wind.Her crime: removing her veil, or hijab, which is compulsory for women in Iran.Masih's self-portrait sparked 'My Stealthy Freedom', a social media campaign that went viral. An enlightening, intimate invitation into a little-known world, this is the extraordinary memoir of a woman who overcame poverty, prison, and exile and encourages others to do the same.'A must-read for anyone who cares about women's equality and autonomy' SHERYL SANDBERG'Masih Alinejad is a flame-thrower for the rights of all women' TINA BROWN'Passionate, riveting' New York Times Book Review

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