Fighting the Forced Hijab

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🗓️ 6 February 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Iranian-American journalist and activist Masih Alinejad started an online campaign against the compulsory hijab in 2014. In retaliation, the Iranian government has arrested three of her family members and most recently, attempted to kill her in New York City. Alinejad joins Andrew to talk about the repression of freedom in Iran, the Mahsa Amini protests, and the role of American tech companies. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Cfyp7VDC1Rs The Wind in My Hair: https://littlebrown.com/titles/masih-alinejad/the-wind-in-my-hair/9780316548915 Follow Masih Alinejad: https://twitter.com/AlinejadMasih | https://instagram.com/masih.alinejad Follow Andrew Yang: https://twitter.com/andrewyang | https://forwardparty.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	One of the women, you know what she said to me,
0:02.5	she sent a video of herself walking on veiled
0:04.8	and she said that my mom is scared that I'm gonna be another massar
0:09.3	and I told my mom that,
0:11.3	mom, you worried that I'm gonna get killed like massar?
0:14.3	I'm already a dead person when I don't have freedom.
0:18.3	When I don't have freedom to choose what I want to wear,
0:21.2	when I don't have freedom to dance,
0:23.3	when I don't have freedom to sing,
0:25.2	when I don't have freedom to go to stadium,
0:27.5	I'm a dead person.
0:29.5	MUSIC
0:50.5	It is my distinct privilege to welcome to the podcast
0:55.5	of the author activist.
0:58.5	She's been in the news lately for the darkest of possible reasons,
1:01.5	which is that the Iranian government hired three people
1:05.5	to kill her here in New York City.
1:08.5	Masi El-Najad, welcome Masi.
1:10.5	Thank you so much, such an introduction,
1:12.5	but you forgot to call me a troublemaker for more less.
1:16.5	Well, you've been troublemaker for quite some time.
1:19.5	You also wrote a book, which I want to say is now
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