Syrian Women's Protest

The mission of the Syrian Women's Protest is to bring the UN to investigate these biological terrorism acts against the female students, to justice for their actions. The attacks are resulting in female students having severe sweating symptoms, excessive salvation, vomiting, and intestinal hyper-motility. It is believe that these acts were meant to "scare the protesters by using extremist groups inside and outside the country" It was revenge on the protesters that are resisting the morality police and fighting the mandatory hijab. These protesters are pushing the limits are what is considered proper attire and "making progress in those limits" according to Negar Mortazavi. It was also to bring awareness to the state's violent enforcement of this mandatory hijab enforced on women. The violence was supposed to send a message to those who resisted however anger and fury were all that arose; all the while the rage, frustration, and fury that had been building up over decades and these protesters burned their headscarves as well as cut their hair as a result of the death of 22 year-old Mahsa that was arrested for "improperly" wearing her headscarf.

The Women of Syria are protesting over the death of Iranian Kurdish women in the custody of the Morality police. Some individuals are cutting their hair and burning headscarves. "Some women are subjected to brutal treatments by the Iranian tyrants. We don't accept this insult to any woman in society," states Sawsan Hussein, an employee of the Kurdish-led administration who was at the protest.

This story is told by Mona, a wife and a mother, and also a woman activist from Altall. 

It is a well-known belief among Muslims that prayers will be answered if they are uttered by a fasting Muslim. Mona’s voice shakes when she talks about these memories. It’s clear that these shared activities created an intimate connection between those women.  Mona and her group would go out for their daily protest 15 minutes before sunset. “We would chant around our area. Then, have a meal together. This was our routine for months, and it gave us courage”. Despite the repressive environment, this group created an outlet to network, recruit, as well as organize street gatherings and protests. Women developed their own chants and slogans and managed to form a unity among resisters in the area.   However, the lack of a longer-term strategy in their nonviolent efforts became evident. In many cases, these women were wives, mothers, daughters and sisters of the soldiers who volunteered for the Free Syrian army. Some of their activities were later oriented to supporting the armed resistance, which may have involuntarily contributed to the weakening of nonviolent discipline in the struggle against the Assad regime.

To Read More : https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/civilresistance/voices-of-syrian-women-in-civil-resistance/

These websites are going further into depth about the ways the Syrian Women are being treated by the morality police. They also show more descriptive ways of the kinds of protesting against the morality police and attempting to build a better future. These women have suffered grealty; some have lost family, community members, and friends. The efforts put forth by these women are not short of burning their headscarves but taking to the streets protesting, cutting their hair, even rioting for their loved ones. Some individuals have choosen to share their personal stories involving the morality police. 

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-abolishes-morality-police-protests/

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