A number of women in Afghanistan are startingA social media campaign protesting a new strict dress code imposed by the Taliban on female students, with traditional long black abayas covering their faces and arms, the BBC reported.
Campaign go to Hashtags such as #DoNotTouchMyClothes and #AfghanistanCulture show how many women are sharing photos in traditional, colorful, hand-embroidered Afghan dresses with small mirrors placed around their breasts. Typical clothing also included long, pleated skirts that could be twisted during the Attan, the Afghan national dance, and women wore embroidered hats or helmets, depending on where they came from, in Afghanistan.
The movement was founded by Bahar Jalali, a former professor of history at the American University in Afghanistan, who tweeted her in colorful traditional dress, followed by several other women.
Bahar Jalali told the BBC that he started the campaign in a traditional green suit and asked other women to share identical photos with the aim of “showing the true face of Afghanistan.” because “one of my biggest concerns is the identity and sovereignty of Afghanistan, which is under attack.”
On the contrary, a series of women dressed in black abayas gathered in Kabul over the weekend at a rally in support of the Taliban in support of a strict version of Islamic law, according to which black clothes must hide the entire body and face.
“I wanted to inform the world that the costumes that were spotted in the media [referindo-se àqueles que são usados por mulheres no comício pró-talibã] they are not our culture or our identity, ”the initiator of the #DoNotTouchMyClothes movement told the BBC.
