A new popular uprising is taking place in Iran, and this time women are in the lead. It’s incredibly inspiring to see — for the first time I can remember — unveiled women marching at the front. They have overcome fear and are challenging one of the main pillars of the Islamic Republic of Iran: compulsory hijab.
These women are marching shoulder to shoulder with men, chanting against the whole regime. They are facing guns and bullets and demanding an end to a system of gender apartheid.
Mahsa Amini was only 22 years old. She wasn’t uncovered; only a few strands of her hair showed.… Seguir leyendo »
Cuando era pequeña solía observar con fascinación a mi abuela cuando se vestía: desplegaba un trozo de tela larguísimo que se enrollaba alrededor de la cintura, se lo pasaba por la espalda y lo deslizaba hasta el pecho para sujetarlo con un par de fíbulas de plata. En cuanto al cabello, lo recogía en trenzas brillantes de aceite de oliva y en lo alto de la cabeza se ataba una pañoleta en la que luego colgaba las trenzas. Mi abuela iba tatuada desde la barbilla hasta el pecho, llevaba grandes brazaletes de plata y un fajín de lana rojo oscuro. Quedaban aún, a mediados de los años ochenta del siglo pasado, mujeres que vestían como ella, “a la antigua”.… Seguir leyendo »
On Dec. 27, Vida Movahed stood bareheaded on a utility box on one of Tehran’s busiest thoroughfares, waving her white head scarf on a stick. Within days, images of the 31-year-old, who was detained and then released a few weeks later, had become an iconic symbol.
In the weeks since Ms. Movahed’s peaceful protest of the compulsory hijab, long one of the most visible symbols of the Islamic Republic, dozens of women, and even some men, throughout Iran have followed her lead. So far, at least 29 women in cities throughout the country have been arrested.
These bold acts of defiance against the hijab are unprecedented in the nearly 40-year history of the Islamic Republic, but a movement that may have helped inspire them has been going on for years.… Seguir leyendo »
When a police officer demanded that she cover her hair, Amira Osman Hamed simply refused. "I'm Muslim, and I'm not going to cover my head", she declared. For that, the 35-year-old Sudanese engineer was arrested last August and charged with "indecent dress".
Now Hamed faces a possible sentence of 40 lashes if a court convicts her when she faces the judge on Monday. Still, she refuses to wear a headscarf.
Hamed's determination to challenge arbitrary rules restricting women's freedom is part of a wave of energy pushing against those limits, notably (but not exclusively) in Muslim countries. In Muslim-majority states in Africa, South Asia, the Persian Gulf and elsewhere, women are relentlessly demanding more equal treatment.… Seguir leyendo »
Hasta hace poco el conocimiento que teníamos del multiculturalismo se reducía a la oferta gastronómica. Muchos de nosotros somos multiculturalistas activos por la parte del estómago. Nos gusta comer hindú, chino, marroquí, griego, tai y amerindio. Como alrededor de una mesa bien provista la gente tiende a entenderse, podemos llegar a pensar que la democracia es también esa gran mesa donde se sirven sin tasa derechos, libertades y oportunidades. Pero resulta que hay códigos alimentarios distintos y también gentes que rechazan algunos de los platos morales y políticos de la democracia.
El multiculturalismo es una ideología ampliamente aceptada. Procede del elogio de la diferencia.… Seguir leyendo »
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