(Some of the following is reposted from Maryam Namazie’s blog.)
Young members of the Worker-communist Party of Iran who live in Iran have joined the scream! Since they would be executed for this act, their faces are covered with slogans saying ‘Long Live Women’s Freedom’, ‘No to Hejab’, ‘No to Islamic Reaction’, and ‘No to Gender Discrimination’. They have printed the calendar and pasted it behind them. This photo has made my day.
I’m a strong proponent of women’s rights, especially in counties like Iran where women are treated more like belongings than individual human beings. So seeing these people taking part in this project is heartwarming to say the least. Power to them!
Anyone is able to take part in this Nude Photo Revolutionary Calendar. Below is a brief description of the project:
Today – 8 March 2012 International Women’s Day – the Nude Photo Revolutionaries Calendar is being launched in homage to Egyptian atheist, student and blogger Aliaa Magda Elmahdy who posted a nude photo of herself, announcing the post on Twitter under the hashtag, #NudePhotoRevolutionary.
The calendar is the idea of campaigner Maryam Namazie to support Aliaa Magda Elmahdy and join her ‘screams against a society of violence, racism, sexism, sexual harassment and hypocrisy’.
We Iranians are culturally and people wise probably the most secular in the region. This is why I strongly believe the Mullahs days in Iran is numbered. The more Islam they push on us the more we push back.
Nice blog.
I truly hope you are right KirEemam. It’s distressing to see what Iran was like prior to the 1970s and compare that to how it is today… Good luck with your secular movement! You’ve got the support of the rest of us
Sure it’s an individual’s right to decide whether or not they want to be publicly shown naked. But most women aren’t interested in this. Most importantly what they should have a right to is an education, the right to determine how they make a living, other than being dependent on a male and the right to be respected as intelligent human beings and not just available for the gratification of men to be bartered for dowries. Then again, there are some who think equality means lowering themselves to the worst male behaviour such as swearing, getting drunk and being promiscuous. That is what choice means.
http://scallywagandvagabond.com/2012/03/video-exiled-iranian-women-pose-nude-to-protest-against-sexual-oppression/
چطوری می تونم با اعضای خانم این کمپین از طریق ایمیل اشنا شم
che tor mitonam ba azaye khanoom in anjoman dar tehran az tarigh email ashna sham?