Storyteller Golriz Lucina recounts how the historic sacrifice of Iranian 19th-century poet and mystic Táhirih planted the seeds for the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests today, offering an inspiring lesson in the value of acting with conviction — even if we don’t live to see the results.
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@keittomaster
January 19, 2024 at 9:52 am
Nah, I’m good.
@aldovalkovich755
January 19, 2024 at 10:04 am
👏👏👏✌🌹♥….I can’t find words
@mr.c2485
January 19, 2024 at 10:51 am
I can appreciate her message in theory, but reality tells a different story. As long as fascist ideologies are embraced across the planet there will never nor can there be the kind of love/peace message that most advocate for. It’s just not going to happen…
Our species is simply too self absorbed.
@aggnal2892
January 19, 2024 at 12:28 pm
Justice for Coleman Hughes
@bouchraanahid4496
January 19, 2024 at 12:30 pm
Wearing the hijab never ment to take the women’s freedom away from them because we all know the men look at them you can check out the statistics of raped women and girls and also students .those that you’re talking about doesn’t present ISLAM true ISLAM is knowing that being free is being responsible to respect our boundaries and others too just read about before you criticize it recklessly
@user-dt1ll2dh3f
January 19, 2024 at 12:34 pm
Dont you see, they were protecting us by keeping us uneducated. The dumber you are , the less likely you are to see the ugliness of this world. I wish i never learned a thing honestly its too painful.
@starc.
January 19, 2024 at 1:47 pm
is it justice that the public is not allowed to properly respond to your proper ganja? I cant type it into this platform but you can speak your lies freely without dispute
@starc.
January 19, 2024 at 1:47 pm
Justice cannot win the War against The Law. Justice is the ideology contained in the Institutes of Justinian from 534AD. The purposes for drafting the Institutes was to modernize documents structuring roman society and amalgamate those documents with roman civil law, roman jurisprudence, and 984 years of intervening case law between the legislating of the Institutes and the Laws of the Twelve Tables from 450 BC; this also worked to create pre-legislate various excuses to violate The Law, post-legislate various excuses to violate The Law, and to promote all forms of governance derived from a patriarchal governmental model. Justice is the non physical form which serves the function of excusing the controlling of the non physical Mind and subsequently, the physical Body under the unlawful and unnatural primary form of governance called Patriarchy as well as all secondary forms of governance established subordinate to Patriarchy.
Law is a scientific term not a legal one. Language has been used to trick our species and steal our consent. Absolutely everything in the legislated insurance policies most men and women think of as ‘law’ is about surety (the chattel guaranteeing profit) and accounting (the ledger showing profits and losses). It is the fictional characters and constructs that are held accountable according to justice. Giving excusal to police brutality is a justified necessity for supporting and promoting the fictional paradigm. In the same way that The Law is an Idea, so is Justice, however, as The Law is founded on a concept that is true and Justice is founded on concepts which are untrue, there is an ongoing war waged between the two ideologies. As justice is against The Law, the concepts which are invented and initiated for the promotion of justice must logically also work in some fashion either directly against The Law or at the least, work to obscure its existence. Killing, as it pertains to our species, is a matter of The Law. In accordance with justice, our species does not exist, and in stead (in place of), there is the existence of the legal fictions which more men and women are becoming aware of, that being persons, citizens, subjects and the like, those fictions are murdered, manslaughtered, suicided, homicided, or genocided, but not, killed. The fictional world cannot see or hear the real world, for then it could not exist. This is a paradox of and in the time and place we exist. In a world of fiction, whoever controls the fiction is the one stealing your consent.
The Government and the legal system is not by Consent but by Theft of Consent. Legislation is purposely written in such a way as to lead us to believe that it is stating things that are not actually stated. As an example, the phrase ‘We, the People’ would make most men and women think that they are the people referred to, however, when reading case law where the status of who is and who is not a part of the people, judgements and opinions offered by judges and justices invariably state that the citizenry are not the people. While lawyers, solicitors, barristers, attorneys, and the like would seem to be authorities on matters of law due to their education and training, not a single one of them has a law degree. What they have is an arts degree. They are actors in a very serious and very dangerous theatre. Most men and women could not be bothered to look into the intricacies of the legal realm because of the sheer size of it. It is a daunting task to say the least. We are collectively being lied to by Law Society and hiding the truth in plain sight is their true expertise.
Nothing legal or illegal can be lawful.
For a thing to be lawful it must be in accordance with the form or forms of Law that the thing is subordinate to.
For a thing to be unlawful it must first be in violation of the form or forms of Law the thing is subordinate to and there cannot be a way to lawfully excuse the violation.
Ignoring not who but what we are cannot be excused.
We are not bound absolutely by anything made legal or illegal but we are bound absolutely by The Law.
So, what is ‘The Law’?……
Before anything can exist it must have a foundation.
Before any thing can begin, the option for it not to begin always exists. The option for either is the very concept that is The Law.
Definition
option: a thing that is or may be chosen.
In the real world, men and women are from earth, there are no states, and forms of governance are derived from the unlegislated dictates of Natural Law, which concerns the actions and interactions of species’, members of species’, and the material sources of the planet. While our lowest form is the physical Animal, our higher forms are non physical and are bound to higher forms of Law. The Mind, which is a Process, is bound primarily to Natural Law and the Laws of Nature. The Self, which is an Awareness, is bound absolutely to One’s Own Law.
The highest non physical form of what we are is the Being, which is an Existence. The Being is bound to The Law. There are inherent Duties of The Law whether one wills peace or war. If one wills peace into physical existence then the inherent Duties of The Law are derived from the first protector of The Law. If one wills war into physical existence then the inherent Duties of The Law are derived from the first violation of The Law.
Holding men and women answerable to The Law means that those men and women’s actions are examined to see if they are in accordance with the inherent Duties of The Law.
Most men and women will peace into physical existence though their actions work against what they will for many reasons (ignorance, deception, and indoctrination).
The Law is Free Will.
The First Protector of The Law is Freely Given Consent.
The First Violation of The Law is Theft of Consent.
@dameanvil
January 19, 2024 at 2:14 pm
00:22 🚺 Táhirih, a 19th-century Iranian woman, challenged societal norms, removing her veil, advocating for freedom, and faced severe consequences.
1:54 🌍 Táhirih’s struggle for justice in 1848 parallels challenges faced by courageous Iranian women today, advocating for freedom and facing oppression.
3:35 💪 Táhirih, despite limitations, used her words and actions to inspire others to question societal norms and seek truth independently.
4:57 🗣 Táhirih’s last words, “You can kill me as soon as you like, but you cannot stop the emancipation of women,” resonate in contemporary female-led protests.
5:30 ❤ Táhirih’s legacy challenges activists to confront oppression with love and compassion, emphasizing the importance of deep-rooted humanity.
6:08 ⏳ Táhirih teaches the urgency of activism, acknowledging that societal transformation may span generations, requiring patience and persistence.
@Muslim.Mahmoud
January 19, 2024 at 3:50 pm
Worthless words😂
@The6thelement9413
January 19, 2024 at 4:01 pm
We must all stand up for our freedom no matter what the cost.
@Travel-Rizma
January 19, 2024 at 5:08 pm
*Dalai Lama* ✍️🌿
_I call on the next generation of young women to be the mothers of the revolution of compassion that this century so desperately needs. You have a special role to play in creating a better world. Women are more empathic and sensitive, more receptive to the feelings of others. These qualities make women models of humanity. Study history and you’ll see that it’s men who have been responsible for carnage and destruction_
─ His Holiness *Dalai Lama* ✍️🌿
@Travel-Rizma
January 19, 2024 at 5:08 pm
*Dalai Lama* ✍️🌿
_I believe that women are more empathetic and sensitive to the feelings of others, qualities I first learned from my loving mother. There is also scientific evidence that when it comes to compassion, women are more sensitive to others’ pain. Therefore, I feel that if more of our leaders were women, the world would be a more peaceful and understanding place._
─ His Holiness *Dalai Lama* ✍️🌿
@Travel-Rizma
January 19, 2024 at 5:08 pm
*Dalai Lama* ✍️🌿
_Science observes that women are naturally more prepared for compassion, because they are more sensitive to others’ pain—more empathetic. So, biologically, women have more potential for compassion. These days, nurses and others who care for people are, for the most part, female. Judging from history, there would be less danger of violence if in future more leaders were women. Women leaders would take a more active role in promoting human values like compassion. This International Women’s Day let’s remember that in order for more women to emerge as leaders, the unequal treatment of women in societies throughout the world must come to an end._
─ His Holiness *Dalai Lama* ✍️🌿
@Travel-Rizma
January 19, 2024 at 5:08 pm
*Dalai Lama* ✍️🌿
_”All you need is the compassion of the heart. Women know this because peace is implicit in women. You put boys together, they make war. You put women together, they make peace. Women are the leaders of the future.”_
─ His Holiness *Dalai Lama* ✍️🌿
@yipmabaruya1148
January 19, 2024 at 7:38 pm
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@makrani_retailer2751
January 20, 2024 at 12:41 am
Not the complete turth 👎
@aleenakhalid634
January 20, 2024 at 1:36 am
Plz make a ted to blaming genocide for emphasize of this word justice
@aleenakhalid634
January 20, 2024 at 1:36 am
From river to the see Palestine will be free 🇵🇸
@AJ-xm4xc
January 20, 2024 at 7:21 am
So removing hijab = fighting for justice?
@jahidxn
January 20, 2024 at 7:24 am
Why Ted couldn’t arrange Filistin where every 1hour 2 mothers have died. in developed countries, women are suffering from loneliness. their husband can’t take care their wives but in Muslim countries, the picture is totally different
@tahminabukhari1814
January 20, 2024 at 7:29 am
“I realised freedom is fragile if today we don’t speak for the oppressed who will speak for us when we are not free?” Yiomni Park
@user-tj8hz8jw7l
January 20, 2024 at 9:43 am
Indeed it is a multi generation endeavor necessary to change the customs of wrong doing as our country. I think the important action is enlightening education. I support you indeed and respect your bravery.
@ayahassen9312
January 20, 2024 at 11:29 am
Free Palestine then ❤
@fatemehnoroo1228
January 20, 2024 at 11:56 am
WOMAN❤LIFE❤FREEDOM ❤
@AsadkhonOzbekov
January 20, 2024 at 11:57 am
Excellent speech 😊
@Zenovarse
January 20, 2024 at 3:27 pm
Surely it’s better to live with injustice than to die.
@user-js6zi9bj9b
January 20, 2024 at 9:39 pm
free Palestine !!!
@r10ft.
January 21, 2024 at 4:36 am
Free palestine
@amirrezaamirpour7656
January 21, 2024 at 7:54 am
women, life, freedom
@zueszues9715
January 21, 2024 at 7:57 am
Wait what is this about
Maybe am dumb But she should talk about
Bad situation in recent year
Not 200 year ago
If 200 year ago why not 1000 year ago too
Just like i talk about someone who is a slave 1000 year ago and put fancy beautiful word to empower
Something that not recent anymore
????
@cssaspirant4782
January 21, 2024 at 8:48 am
Do you have anything to say about innocent women n children of P@lestine ?
@MuradWorkout
January 21, 2024 at 9:54 pm
U mean hijab is prison
@marklee7041
January 22, 2024 at 12:42 am
If you feel unfair or angry about the situation in your home country. You can fight hard or do what you can to change, or you can choose to leave the country. But you can’t do anything and go to another country to attack your own country by their standards. We call this a traitor to the nation. Are you talking about 1848? This sounds quite funny because at that time the entire Western world was severely unequal between men and women. The first country in the world to achieve equality between men and women was the Soviet Union. It took less than a century for Western countries to achieve equality between men and women and eliminate the exploitation of child labor. The American Declaration of Independence talks about “all men are created equal”, and the people here only refer to white males. At that time, women were subordinate to men and did not have the same political, economic, and legal power as men.
@curiousworld7912
January 22, 2024 at 1:36 am
Beautiful.
@gouravrathorr
January 22, 2024 at 6:54 am
Yes, Go and see about Ayodhya Ram Mandir Justice after 500 years in Bharat (India).
@memehoo6756
January 22, 2024 at 7:43 am
FIRST we should fight for OUR CORRUPTION 😕
@ammarahmed925
January 22, 2024 at 8:31 am
Does they encourage women not to veil themself
@user-jf7yn6ss8m
January 22, 2024 at 4:17 pm
Never trust social media.😊
@user-tg7rh4gg9f
January 23, 2024 at 12:50 pm
I think it’s all politics. Why don’t women from Saudi Arabia perform here? In Saudi Arabia, the laws are even more conservative. Probably because they are friends with the USA) yes, there is the power of traditions, and we have the power of corporations. Freedom is an illusion. We have to talk about our problems, the streets are full of homeless people
@Bookish286
January 25, 2024 at 5:37 am
I miss my Iranian friends. 🥺 💐💐 🇮🇳🇮🇷
@user-bb7zv9ut8q
January 26, 2024 at 12:46 am
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