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Masih Alinejad
Masih Alinejad is an Iranian American journalist, women’s rights campaigner, and founder of My Stealthy Freedom and United Against Gender Apartheid. She is the co-founder of World Liberty Congress and the author of The Wind in My Hair.
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The Iran the Funeral Cameras Don’t Show
For decades, Tehran has used mass spectacles to project strength. Khamenei’s funeral reveals how much of that strength is actually performance.
Masih Alinejad
I Know What Iran Does to Women Who Sing
The ink on the Iran deal wasn’t even dry before the Islamic Republic showed its true face. Its first move? Sentencing singer Parastoo Ahmadi to 74…
Masih Alinejad
The Woman Who Warned the World About Iran
Through ‘Persepolis,’ Marjane Satrapi shattered Western myths about life under the Islamic Republic. She died Thursday at 56, but the story she forced…
Masih Alinejad
How the Country I Was Taught to Hate Saved My Life
A judge has sentenced the hitman Iran sent to kill me on American soil. It’s proof that the country where I sought refuge protects the freedoms I love.
Masih Alinejad
My Terrorists Face Judgment Day
For most people, the commanders Israel has just eliminated will be foreign names. For me and for the people of Iran they are the monsters who have…
Masih Alinejad
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