Hilal is My Hero!

Weird: Saudi Arabia has a show like American Idol, only for poets. Weirder: A Saudi woman is using it to directly challenge Muslim extremists. Weirdest: A woman who has to wear a niqab might just be the world’s biggest badass.

Here is the article from NPR:
Hilal is my hero

This is a woman who, armed only with poetry, is going on television and standing up for decency. This in a country where women can’t drive a car, can’t talk to men who aren’t family and where they can be beaten in public if and when they’re raped.

There is some real bullshit out there in the world and this woman is doing more about it than I – or you – ever have.

Hilal is my hero!

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