Monireh Arabshahi: I Feel Like A Free Bird
Monireh Arabshahi: I Feel Like A Free Bird Aug 12, 2019 _ Mrs. Monireh Arabshahi was recently sentenced to 16 years in prison for not covering her hair in a women-only subway train while giving flowers to women on International Women’s Day. Arrested along with her daughter Yasaman Aryani on April 11, 2019, and now detained in Qarchak Prison in Varamin , Monireh Arabshahi sent out an open letter on her birthday on August 3, 2019. About the ongoing social problems in Iran and particularly, women’s double hardships, she wrote that all humans can be aware of what the next day brings with the steps they take toward tomorrow. Her letter is an example of the awareness and sacrifice of a generation of Iranian women who are determined to challenge the mullahs’ misogynistic dictatorship. The full text of this letter is as follows: Tomorrow is promised to no one. This was a sentence I had heard many times and I, like most people, believed it. But at ...