The Week - Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad says she got goose bumps when Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg commented a few days ago that her favorite page on the social network is the one Alinejad launched last summer. Called "My Stealthy Freedom," Alinejad's page has a simultaneously empowering and risky purpose: to collect and publish images of women inside Iran who aren't wearing the required headscarf. Alinejad publishes the images as fast as she gets them, pushing out stories of defiance, strength, and personal freedom to her page's nearly 774,000 followers. It's the reason she was given the women's rights award this month at the seventh annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy, an event sponsored by a coalition of 20 human rights NGOs from around the world. And it's why Facebook's Sandberg called Alinejad a hero, saying, "Every day I'm inspired by pictures from My Stealthy Freedom in my news feed. I'm grateful to Mas
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