RAMIN, Iran — An intrepid group of women is riding the waves of change in deeply conservative Iran.
A woman’s testimony is considered half of a man’s in the country’s court. Buses are segregated by gender and it is illegal for women to attend men’s volleyball games for fear they will be corrupted by the sight of the athletes’ bare legs. In public, women have to cover most of their bodies in accordance with Islamic law.
But this hasn’t stopped Mona Seraji. She helped set up the country’s first surf club three years ago — which was made up entirely of women … More
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