An Iranian-American journalist, writer and women’s rights activitst. President of the World Liberty Congress. She began her journalistic career working for reformist press in Tehran (2001). Alinejad also initiated the My Stealthy Freedom campaign, which became the biggest act of civil disobedience in the history of the Islamic Republic (2014). She published a photo of herself without a hijab on social media, challenging Iran’s strict laws demanding women to cover their heads. Many women followed suit.