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Letter to Mayor Mamdani

JL;DR SUMMARY Masih Alinejad, a journalist and women's rights activist, addresses New York's newly elected Mayor Mamdani, criticizing his silence on women's oppression in Iran. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Mahsa AminiNew York CityIranHuman RightsWomen's RightsFreedomHijabMasih AlinejadEmma LazarusMayor Mamdani

Places mentioned

New York, United States
"As the newly elected Mayor of New York, you are now a guardian of this citys moral symbols and the values they represent."
Iran
"While mass killings are unfolding in Iran, you have chosen silence."

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