Next to the word ‘Relentless’ in the dictionary should be Masih Alinejad’s picture – the Iranian woman who has championed daring campaigns and protests against oppression of women by the Islamic republic of Iran. As a young girl, Masih refused to accept that it is illegal for women to ride bikes, sing in public or swim in the river. One day her mother taught her something that changed not just her life but that of women in Iran and around the world. Masih and i share the moments that have broken her heart and the ones that have given her the passion to keep going. You wont regret listening to her.

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