Iranian Volleyball Player, Mobina Rostami, Posted Support For Israel On Social Media, And Then She Disappeared
New Age Islam News Bureau
20 April 2024
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Iranian
Volleyball Player, Mobina Rostami, Posted Support For Israel On Social Media,
And Then She Disappeared
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Warda
Khan Of Noida With Had Quit Corporate World To Become Civil Servant
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Nobel
Peace Prize winner Malala Yousufzai To Feature In Bolder, Sillier New Season Of
'We Are Lady Parts'
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Iranians
Worried By ‘War Against Women’ More Than Israel Conflict
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Iranian
Initiative "Nour": 7 Women Held For Sharing Modelling Content On
Social Media
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by New Age Islam News Bureau
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Iranian Volleyball Player, Mobina Rostami, Posted
Support For Israel On Social Media, And Then She Disappeared
Iranian Volleyball Player,
Mobina Rostami
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April 19, 2024
Smadar Perry
As tensions continue to rise between Israel and Iran
following the Islamic Republic's attack on Israel and threats from Israel to
counterattack, a number of Iranian athletes expressed support for Israel,
despite the risk involved. Mobina Rostami, who plays on the Iranian women's
volleyball team, came out against the attack, expressed support for Israel and
was arrested by the authorities. Now, no one knows where she is.
"As an Iranian, I am truly ashamed of the
authorities' attack on Israel," Rostami wrote on Instagram on the night of
April 13, when Iran attacked Israel with hundreds of anti-aircraft missiles and
drones. "But you need to know that the people in Iran love Israel and hate
the Islamic Republic."
Since that message, Rostami's social media accounts
have been closed and she has been arrested. There is great concern about her
condition, which is currently unknown. "Only God knows what they did to
her," friends posted on social media. "We will shove you in a
bag," read one of the responses to her words, from an Iranian account.
The day after the Iranian attack, a series of senior
sportsmen in Iran came out openly and with great courage against the regime.
The most famous of them is Ali Karimi, a former star of Iran's national soccer
team. Karimi uploaded a post to the X social media platform. in which hands
were seen joined with the Israeli flag
and the flag of Iran from before the Islamic revolution in 1979, with the
caption: "We are Iran, not the Islamic Republic."
In 2022, the home of Karimi, who became known as the
"Asian Maradona," was confiscated after he called for a coup in Iran
in the wake of the protests that broke out in the country following the beating
to death of Mahsa Amini by the local modesty guards for wearing the hijab in an
"inappropriate" manner.
Another former player for the Iranian national soccer
team, Milad Zeneyedpour, also spoke out against Iran's handling of the tensions
in the region. "This war has nothing to do with me. It does not represent
me. I am not the Islamic Republic. This regime sees only its own survival
before its eyes. The economic situation is difficult and they are investing
millions in missiles," he said.
In addition, VahidSarlak, coach of Iran's judo team,
wrote on Instagram: "We Iranians are fighting in the Islamic Republic and
not in Israel. We have no problem with the Jews and the Israelis. We see them
as our friends. The Iranian people should not pay the price of the regime's
madness."
Source: ynetnews.com
https://www.ynetnews.com/culture/article/bj2cegyzc
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Warda Khan of Noida With Had Quit Corporate World To
Become Civil Servant
Warda Khan Of Noida
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20-04-2024
AashaKhosa
Warda Khan of Noida, Uttar Pradesh, quit her corporate
job to prepare for the civil services examination and her effort led her to
secure figure among the top 20 candidates who had cleared the prestigious UPSC
examination for civil services, 2023, the results of which were declared by UP
on Tuesday.
The 24-year-old Warda says she has opted for the
Indian Foreign Service (IFS) as she aspires to work to make India proud in the
global arena.
"I prepared at home but also took online coaching
for one year," she said. "Like all candidates who wish to find their
names in the final list of the UPSC, I also visualised it. However, to find my
name in the top 20 (successful candidates) was unimaginable, I never imagined
being in the top 20. It seemed like a dream.'
Warda Khan's mother and extended family are happy at
the turn in her life. Warda's has secured 18 rank in the list of successful
candidates for the civil services.
Warda Khan, the only child of her parents, holds a
bachelor's degree in Commerce (Hons) from Khalsa College, Delhi University. She
lives with her mother in sector 82, Noida; her father passed away nine years
ago.
Warda Khan said that she prepared for UPSC by using
social media positively. What made her go for the civil services?
Wardah Khan said that during her college days, she was
always interested in subjects like geopolitics, history, and politics. She used
to participate in debates and MUN (Mock United Nations) during her college
days, but even then the idea of taking civil services as a career did not occur
to her. It was during her job that she realized that she wanted to become a
civil servant.
According to Warda Khan, it is important to study
regularly. She says social media is a platform that must be used for
preparation on different topics. “Social media has both negative and positive
aspects and everyone takes his or her pick."
"I prepared my timetable of 8 to 9 hours of
studies. I started my day with newspapers in the morning, scanning them for
information on current affairs. After this, I would study the rest of the
subjects."
"I worked for a corporate firm for eight months.
This did not satisfy me. I wanted to give back to society work for my country
and change people's lives. I felt the kind of curriculum and opportunities that
this career (civil services) offered suited my interests,” she added.
After eight months Wadra left her job to focus on her
preparations for the UPSC examination..
Giving tips to the aspirants of the civil services,
Warda says, "First and foremost, you need to be very thorough with the
basics from the NCERT books and Polity by Lakshmikanth. These are the core
books with which you should be well-versed. Also, you should prepare
appropriate syllabus heads for your mains and your options should also be
prepared with prior notice from communities."
This year 1,016 candidates - 664 men and 352 women --
have qualified for the Civil Services Examination organised by the Union Public
Service Commission.
Aditya Srivastava, a trainee officer of the Indian
Police Service, has topped the Civil Services Examination 2023, the results of
which were announced by the Union Public Service Commission on Tuesday. They
have secured the second, third, fourth, and fifth ranks respectively.
Source: awazthevoice.in
https://www.awazthevoice.in/youth-news/warda-khan-with-air-had-quit-corporate-world-to-become-civil-servant-28374.html
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousufzai To Feature In
Bolder, Sillier New Season Of 'We Are Lady Parts'
April 19, 2024
We Are Lady Parts, the British comedy following the
lives of the all-women Muslim punk band Lady Parts, is slated to return to
Peacock for a second season, reported Deadline. From May 30, all six new
episodes will be available on the streaming platform, with guest stars this
season featuring Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousufzai and British comedian
Meera Syal.
The publication reported that We Are Lady Parts
showcases creator Nida Manzoor’s experiences involving cultural collectives and
artists in London. Spearheading a diverse cast, Anjana Vasan stars as lead
guitarist and PhD student Amina Hussain, and is joined by Sarah KameelaImpey,
who plays the fierce and enigmatic front-woman Saira. Other actors include
Juliette Motamed, Faith Omole, LucieShorthouse, Aiysha Hart, Zaqi Ismail, and
Shobu Kapoor.
According to NBC, the We Are Lady Parts pilot aired in
2018, before a full six-episode season 1 aired in 2021. With each member of the
band being uniquely complex, the show explores friendship, familial
obligations, and society's expectations of women.
“Making season one of We Are Lady Parts was immense
for me,” admitted Manzoor, who has written, created, and directed the show. “It
was a trial by fire, but I found my voice, my style and my confidence in
creating this show.” She went on to add, “Most importantly, I found my tribe –
from actors and crew to producers and studio execs.”
With the foundations having been laid, Manzoor found
working on the second season of her brainchild comparatively easy. “Coming to
season two, I was galvanised,” she shared. “The characters, the world, the tone
– it was all there, established, and ready to go. Now it was time to turn
things up to 11. I wanted to go bolder, sillier, darker and deeper and that is
exactly what we strived to do.”
According to Manzoor, the new season will explore the
interior lives of all the women on the show in greater depth. “Each of them
facing new, existential challenges with all the silliness, pratfalls and banter
of season one,” she explained. Tasked with creating more original music for the
show, the director furthered, “The music is bigger too – more wild original
tunes (penned by me and my siblings) and dare I say it, even better covers.”
Having built a world surrounding the music industry,
Manzoor illustrated that the show would tackle the question of what defines
success, and said that she was excited to finally be able to share her project
with the world.
“For a punk band – is fame, stadium shows and major
record deals the answer?” she asked. “I wanted to explore the uncomfortable
tension between art and commerce and ask how much compromise is too much. I’m
really proud of what we achieved, and can’t wait to share it with old fans and
new.”
All six episodes of the first season of We Are Lady
Parts are available on Peacock. The show is produced by Working Title
Television (WTTV), which is part of Universal International Studios, a division
of Universal Studio Group.
Source: tribune.com.pk
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2463160/malala-yousufzai-to-feature-in-bolder-sillier-new-season-of-we-are-lady-parts#google_vignette
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Iranians Worried By ‘War Against Women’ More Than
Israel Conflict
April 19, 2024
Traffic analysis on X reveals that Iranians have
significantly tweeted more about the recent escalation of the hijab crackdown
than about the heightened tensions between Iran and Israel.
Iranian media Thursday widely reported that the number
of Persian tweets about tensions with Israel rose to nearly 6,000 on Tuesday
when less than 2,000 users tweeted about the hijab crackdown.
On Wednesday, however, after a host of videos of harsh
treatment of women and violent arrests by the morality police emerged on social
media, tweets about hijab rose to around 7,000 and those addressing the tension
with Israel dropped to a little over 2,000.
The violence used against women, in the past few days
has angered many Iranians from every walk of life including those who support
or praise Iran's missile attack against Israel last weekend as retaliation for
Israel’s strike on the Iranian embassy in Damascus on April 1.
“Israel says it wants to attack but hardliners in
Tehran have deployed the morality police battalions and are shutting down coffee
shops like a dominos,” Mostafa Faghihi, chief editor of the conservative Asr-e
Iran news website tweeted. Calling those responsible for the crackdown against
women “ignorami” who fight Iranian women instead of Israel.
In the hours leading up to Saturday's missile and
drone strike on Israel by the IRGC, Iran's morality police intensified their
efforts against unveiled women. Additionally, Iranian authorities initiated
crackdowns on media and social media activists.
The police force’s infamous “guidance patrols”, often
referred to as the “morality police”, have returned to the streets, Tehran’s
metro stations, and other cities across the country in full force, to enforce
the Islamic dress code.
The patrols consisting of male and female uniformed
police personnel as well as plainclothes agents have arrested hundreds of women
and in at least dozens of cases women the arrests, as videos and reports on
social media attest, were very violent.
Iran International has spoken to several women who say
they were assaulted, verbally abused, and sexually harassed by arresting
morality police officers and plainclothesmen who helped them.
One of the detainees, a 17-year-old girl, recounted to
Iran International her violent arrest at Tehran's Daneshjoo Park. She described
police officers pulling her hair, striking her arms and thighs with a baton,
and directing sexual slurs at her. Moreover, she stated that women who resisted
arrest, mostly very young, were assaulted by an officer while in the police
van.
A 19-year-old woman who was also arrested violently
told Iran International that at a detention center plainclothes officers tased
her in the stomach and genitals, hurled sexual profanities at her and her
family members.
Both females were forced to provide full details about
themselves and their family members, including their phone numbers before being
released.
Citizen reports on social media also allege that many
girls detained by the morality police were minors as young as twelve years old.
During his election campaign, President Ebrahim Raisi
had promised to clampdown on government officials for inefficiency and
corruption instead of the so-called “[Moral] Guidance Patrols” for hijab.
"Khamenei acknowledges the increasing courage of
Iranians in challenging the ruling establishment's beliefs and imposed red
lines," said Omid Aghayari, a journalist and political analyst based in
Turkey. "He refers to the 'imposed challenge of hijab' and, in a play on
words, disguises his aggressive stance towards society as a form of defense,"
Aghayari told Iran International.
Authorities say they are fighting against behavior
that is "against the society’s norms" but what they refer to as
abnormality is in fact the lifestyle that people have chosen and is completely
normal for most Iranians, Aghayari added.
“With the summer approaching, when more women shed
their long headscarves, and the anniversary of the Woman, Life, Freedom
movement drawing near, the hijab challenge is likely to intensify in the coming
months, too,” he said.
Source: iranintl.com
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202404184492
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Iranian Initiative "Nour": 7 Women Held For
Sharing Modeling Content On Social Media
APRIL 19, 2024
Authorities in Bushehr Province have detained seven
women for their involvement in sharing social media content related to
modeling.
According to the Rokna news agency, their Instagram
posts have been removed, and their electronic devices confiscated.
These arrests took place under the banner of a police
initiative dubbed "Nour," according to the police commander of
Bushehr province.
The individuals apprehended were reportedly engaged in
various businesses, with one as a model, four in content creation, and two as
photographers.
Since April 13, Iran's law enforcement agencies have
intensified enforcement of hijab regulations under the national action plan
"Nour."
Incidents of arrests and the use of force against
women perceived to be in violation of dress codes have been reported.
Users across social networks are participating in a
spontaneous campaign, using the hashtag "war against women," to
document their experiences and observations regarding the government's
crackdown on opponents of the mandatory hijab.
Reports have surfaced detailing the application of
repressive tactics, particularly focusing on female students in various
universities.
Moreover, pressure on civil activists, political
dissenters, women political prisoners, and cultural figures is mounting.
Source: iranwire.com
https://iranwire.com/en/women/127810-7-women-held-for-sharing-modeling-content-on-social-media/
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