Women
with facial hair used to be relegated to carnival sideshows, but one
bearded lady is fighting for her right to remain unshaven. Explaining
hairs started sprouting from her chin at the age of 21 after the birth
of son, Mariam first tried to conform to societal beauty norms by
plucking them out each morning and having electrolysis done.
“My chin got really red and inflamed from all the plucking, and some of
the hairs were ingrown, so it always looked like I'd fallen on my chin,”
the woman of German-Iranian heritage told ITV. “But when people asked
what had happened and I told them they couldn't believe it.”
But some five years ago, she decided she would accept her furry fate –
and fight for more tolerance. Mariam, who now lives in Britain, started a
blog to explain what she was going through.
“One day I realized that the hair on my chin belongs to my body and that
it should be there,” she wrote. “Today I am happy to have had the
chance to live with a beard," she wrote on her blog. "It is an
experience that has taught me a lot!”
At 12:00 PM on Saturday, October 28, 2023, in honor of Cyrus the Great Day, you are invited to our unveiling of a monumental statue of Cyrus the Great at the Millennium Gate dedicated to liberty, justice and peace. Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid empire, upon liberating Babylon, freed the slaves, established racial equality and rights for women, declared that all people had the right to choose their own religion and returned their various gods to their shrines. He also helped the Jews build The Second Temple. According to the Book of Isaiah, Cyrus was anointed by God as a messiah for these actions, the only non-Jewish figure to be revered in this capacity. Iranian and Jewish peoples share an ancient bond of friendship that modern Islamic fanaticism has tried (and failed) to destroy. Remembering the past is a powerful perspective for shaping the future; one where diverse peoples and cultures live together in freedom and harmony. Cyrus the Great’s decrees wer
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