Once an anti-shah activist in a miniskirt, Zahrah Rahnavard is now a feminist in a chador. |
And ever more women are trading their burqas, the head-to-toe garment worn in public, for an Iranian-style shawl, or chador, which covers the hair and body but not the face. |
On summer evenings the womenfolk of my family would put on their chador and go out for a stroll in one of the Mughal gardens. |
A loose cotton chador with rich, bright flower patterns covers their heads. |
Befuddled by heat and sleep, she'd twist and squirm to pull on her modesty bestowing chador and headscarf. |
The video depicting a woman wrapped in a black chador staring out the ocean is certainly the most enigmatic piece of the series. |