FOLCS Headlines: The Hijab Revolt in Iran with Roya Hakakian
November 1, 2022 @ 7:00PM — 8:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Add to Calendar
Protests have continued to roil in Iran since a 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini, died by apparent beating at the hands of the so-called morality police. Her crime: She was detained for allegedly wearing her hijab incorrectly. Some of her hair was unlawfully visible.
The authorities claimed Amini died of cardiac arrest, while her bodily injuries said otherwise- a story told all too often when it comes to interactions between women and the Iranian theocracy. Now some 40 days after her death, hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets. Women are burning their hijabs and cutting their hair in defiance of the oppressive regime.
On Tuesday, November 1st at 7pm ET, FOLCS will be joined by Iranian-American author, poet and essayist Roya Hakakian, to discuss what might be the beginning of a human rights revolution for Iranian women, and whether this could result in more reforms, if not the end of the current regime entirely. As Hakakian has aptly written in her recent essay, "Bonfire of the Headscarves" in the Atlantic, and testified before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, if we want to revive democracy around the world, this moment in Iran deserves our full attention.