Can you imagine what it would be like to be imprisoned for two months for showing off your hair? Since 1983, that has been a reality for Iranian women. It is mandatory to wear a hijab, or head scarf, in public. While many Western Muslim women choose to wear this garment as an expression of their faith and modesty, Iranian women don't have a choice. The country's morality police arrested, warned, or fined over three million women last year for breaking this unfair law — but now many are fighting back.
Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad has created the Facebook group My Stealthy Freedom, where women are encouraged to share photos of themselves in public without a hijab. While it may seem like the group is anti-head scarf, that is untrue: they just believe that it should be up to the woman to decide. Read on to watch Masih's moving video, then see the empowering images.