Finding an image about the protests in Iran was pretty difficult. I feel like there should be more coverage on what is happening there and how so many courageous women are standing up against their government.
This is a picture is screenshot from a video by "Now This is News". It is of a woman protesting Iran's hijab laws. A hijab is a scarf that covers the heads of woman girls in the religion of Islam. Some people view the hijab as "submission to God". In recent years more progressive Muslim woman have argued that the hijab is actually very degrading to women. This photo is of a woman holding up her hijab scarf on a stick and not wearing the hijab on her head as a sign to the Iranian government that their laws are unjust. In an article from the conversation, the hijab requirement laws are also being used to "justify violent assaults on women and girls in the streets". I think this photo is empowering because this woman is standing up against so many people and is risking her life for what she believes in. Woman are getting attacked for not wearing the hijab in public and have also been sentenced to lengthy jail sentences as well. I love this picture because it shows how fearless these woman in Iran are during their protests.
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