Afghan women start online campaign, to protest Taliban’s burqa order

Team Udayavani, Sep 15, 2021, 10:58 AM IST

As the Taliban took over Afghanistan, the new regime has ordered women to strictly wear hijab when in public, while those attending private universities are mandated to wear an abaya robe and niqab covering most of the face.

As a protest,  Afghan women have started an online campaign by posting photographs of themselves in traditional Afghan attire. They are using #DoNotTouchMyClothes, #AfghanistanCulture to share photographs of traditional Afghan attire, highlighting the richness of their culture.

Best thing on Twitter today is Afghan women protesting against Taliban diktat on attire and also perhaps challenging every stereotypical imagery of the Afghan woman in a black full veil by posting pictures in their traditional dress! #AfghanWoman #DoNotTouchMyClothes #Feminism pic.twitter.com/Jx85ANPFRQ

— Ruhi Khan ⚡️ (@khanruhi) September 12, 2021

Afghan women have started online campaign to protest Taliban's dress code. They post their photos with their traditional clothes and use #DoNotTouchMyClothes , #AfghanistanCulture and #AfghanWomen tags. pic.twitter.com/75EY5EYOMK

— sibghat ullah (@sibghat51539988) September 12, 2021

Afghan Women's Online Campaign Against Taliban Dress Code: 'Do Not Touch My Clothes' https://t.co/OoCTYv5cd6#AfganistanWomen #AfghanWomen #DoNotTouchMyClothes #DoNotRecognizeTaliban #AfghanistanCulture pic.twitter.com/kDnYAvqQMk

— Natasha Fatah (@NatashaFatah) September 13, 2021

This is another traditional Afghan dress from a different part of Afghanistan. I was a teenager in this pic. We will not let our culture to be appropriated by those who want to erase us. #DoNotTouchMyClothes #AfghanistanCulture pic.twitter.com/dMwnBS7vuT

— Dr. Bahar Jalali (@RoxanaBahar1) September 12, 2021

I thought about whether I should join this campaign & share vibrant photos of our traditional clothing when women back home are stripped of their choices & our people are getting massacred but this how we keep our traditions alive! #DoNotTouchMyClothes#AfghanistanCulture pic.twitter.com/JT8VXQBwYk

— Elaha (she/her) (@dressingsonnets) September 12, 2021

My rich and ancient Afghan culture is that of color and beauty. Thank you @RoxanaBahar1 for encouraging us to remind the world of it. ❤️??#DoNotTouchMyClothes #AfghanistanCulture #AfghanWomen #AfghanFashion #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/VZfcg5VWDa

— Best Dressed Afghan (@bestdressedafg) September 13, 2021

A campaign worth to support!
I am joining my fellow Afghan women who have started an online campaign to condemn the Taliban's dress code! We are proud of our traditional Afghan outfit! #DoNotTouchMyClothes #AfghanistanCulture #afghanistanwomen @WEIForward pic.twitter.com/7OoqIQnW5P

— Breshna Tahrik (@BreshnaTahrik) September 13, 2021