Women in Iran Are Dancing to Protest the Arrest of a Teenage Instagrammer
Iranian women are dancing in public and posting videos of themselves online to protest Maedeh Hojabri gained a large social media following for her dancing videos. To the tune of Western and Iranian pop and rap music, the teenager bopped and twirled in her bedroom without wearing the compulsory Islamic headscarf or hijab. In Iran, women are required to cover their hair while out in public, and dancing with the opposite sex is prohibited unless it is in front of immediate family members, according to the BBC. Hojabri appeared on state ...
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