The Resource The wind in my hair : my fight for freedom in modern Iran, Masih Alinejad with Kambiz Foroohar
The wind in my hair : my fight for freedom in modern Iran, Masih Alinejad with Kambiz Foroohar
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The item The wind in my hair : my fight for freedom in modern Iran, Masih Alinejad with Kambiz Foroohar represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
This item is available to borrow from 5 library branches.
- Summary
- "An extraordinary memoir from an Iranian journalist in exile about leaving her country, challenging tradition, and sparking an online movement against compulsory hijab. A photo on Masih Alinejad's Facebook page: 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. This is the self-portrait that sparked My Stealthy Freedom, a social media campaign that went viral. But Alinejad is much more than the arresting face that sparked a campaign inspiring women to find their voices. She's also a world-class journalist whose personal story, told in her unforgettably bold and spirited voice in The Wind in My Hair, is emotional and inspiring. She grew up in a traditional village where her mother, a tailor and respected figure in the community, was the exception to the rule in a culture where women reside in their husbands' shadows. As a teenager, Alinejad was arrested for political activism and then surprised to discover she was pregnant while in police custody. When she was released, she married quickly and followed her young husband to Tehran, where she was later served divorce papers, to the embarrassment of her religiously conservative family. She spent years struggling to regain custody of her only son and remains in forced exile from her homeland and her heritage. Following Donald Trump's immigration ban, Alinejad found herself separated from her child, who lives abroad, once again. A testament to a spirit that remains unbroken, and an enlightening, intimate invitation into a world we don't know nearly enough about, The Wind in My Hair is the extraordinary memoir of a woman who overcame enormous adversity to fight for what she believes in and to encourage others to do the same."--Dust jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 394 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780316548915
- Label
- The wind in my hair : my fight for freedom in modern Iran
- Title
- The wind in my hair
- Title remainder
- my fight for freedom in modern Iran
- Statement of responsibility
- Masih Alinejad with Kambiz Foroohar
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "An extraordinary memoir from an Iranian journalist in exile about leaving her country, challenging tradition, and sparking an online movement against compulsory hijab. A photo on Masih Alinejad's Facebook page: 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. This is the self-portrait that sparked My Stealthy Freedom, a social media campaign that went viral. But Alinejad is much more than the arresting face that sparked a campaign inspiring women to find their voices. She's also a world-class journalist whose personal story, told in her unforgettably bold and spirited voice in The Wind in My Hair, is emotional and inspiring. She grew up in a traditional village where her mother, a tailor and respected figure in the community, was the exception to the rule in a culture where women reside in their husbands' shadows. As a teenager, Alinejad was arrested for political activism and then surprised to discover she was pregnant while in police custody. When she was released, she married quickly and followed her young husband to Tehran, where she was later served divorce papers, to the embarrassment of her religiously conservative family. She spent years struggling to regain custody of her only son and remains in forced exile from her homeland and her heritage. Following Donald Trump's immigration ban, Alinejad found herself separated from her child, who lives abroad, once again. A testament to a spirit that remains unbroken, and an enlightening, intimate invitation into a world we don't know nearly enough about, The Wind in My Hair is the extraordinary memoir of a woman who overcame enormous adversity to fight for what she believes in and to encourage others to do the same."--Dust jacket
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1976-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Alinejad, Masih
- Dewey number
- 955.06
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Foroohar, Kambiz
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- ʻAlīʹnizhād, Masīḥ
- Women journalists
- Muslim women
- Women in Islam
- Women
- Exiles
- Label
- The wind in my hair : my fight for freedom in modern Iran, Masih Alinejad with Kambiz Foroohar
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1003316130
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 394 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780316548915
- Lccn
- 2017959142
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations, color portraits
- Label
- The wind in my hair : my fight for freedom in modern Iran, Masih Alinejad with Kambiz Foroohar
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1003316130
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 394 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780316548915
- Lccn
- 2017959142
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations, color portraits
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