#NoHijabDay: Women Around World Burn Hijabs in
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Women Around World Burn Hijabs
in Solidarity with Iranian Women
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The hashtag #NoHijabDay has taken social media by storm, accompanied by videos and pictures of women all over the world burning their hijabs in solidarity with Iranian women who are forced to wear the compulsory head covering.
Anoud Al Ali, 20, a self-described bisexual, atheist, ex-Muslim, feminist activist from the United Arab Emirates, took video of herself setting her hijab on fire. “For me, being oppressed, and for all other women who are oppressed, I’m going to burn this hijab; the symbol of oppression,” she said. Ali then placed her hijab into a cardboard box, doused it with gasoline, lit a match, and set it on fire.
She said she burned the hijab on her birthday and that it felt “liberating