The Wind in My Hair: My Fight for Freedom in Modern Iran

by Masih Alinejad

Book Overview

An extraordinary memoir from an Iranian journalist in exile about leaving her country, challenging tradition and sparking an online movement against compulsory hijab.

A photo on Masih's Facebook page: a woman standing proudly, face bare, hair blowing in the wind. Her crime: removing her veil, or hijab, which is compulsory for women in Iran. This is the self-portrait that sparked 'My Stealthy Freedom, ' a social media campaign that went...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031654891X
• ISBN13: 9780316548915
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Hardly knew I was reading non-fiction!

A great perspective for anyone living outside of Iran and wanting to understand the social and political climate there. Masih is a wonderful storyteller and I couldn't put this book down.