Call it “Harry Potter and the Case of the Prisoners of Persia”: J.K. Rowling is showing support for women protesting against the compulsory hijab in Iran. “What true bravery looks like,” the British author writes on Twitter, while sharing a video of Iranian women burning hijabs and cutting their hair. 

The first writer in history to earn a billion dollars in royalties, thanks to her Harry Potter series, Mrs. Rowling has been shedding light on the growing tensions in Iran, as people take to the streets to protest the death of a 22-year-old woman who died after being arrested and abused by the police for violating hijab regulations, Mahsa Amini.