Masih Alinejad (born 11 September 1976) is an Iranian journalist, author, political activist, and women's-rights activist. She currently lives in the United States where she works as a presenter and producer at the
Voice of America Persian News Network, a correspondent for
Radio Farda, a frequent contributor to
Manoto television, and a contributing editor to
IranWire. This photograph was taken in 2018, the year when she published her memoir,
The Wind in My Hair, dealing with her journey from a tiny village in northern Iran to becoming a journalist and creating an online movement that sparked nationwide protests against the compulsory wearing of
hijab.
Photograph credit: Kambiz Foroohar