Meet the Facebook-savvy activist behind Iran's headscarf revolt

"Being a woman in Iran is like being involved in a daily war."

Photos posted to the “My Stealthy Freedom” Facebook page.
(Image credit: (Facebook.com/StealthyFreedom))

Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad says she got goose bumps when Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg commented a few days ago that her favorite page on the social network is the one Alinejad launched last summer.

Called "My Stealthy Freedom," Alinejad's page has a simultaneously empowering and risky purpose: to collect and publish images of women inside Iran who aren't wearing the required headscarf.

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Andy Meek is a senior reporter at the Memphis Daily News. His work has also appeared in outlets including Fast Company, Buzzfeed and TIME, among others.