Aalia Ebrahim, Pooja Bedi
Aalia Ebrahim, Pooja Bedi

We did a post about Aaliyah Ebrahim last year which, for some reason, got her a lot of hate comments for it. She was slut-shamed and called all sorts of horrible things. Thankfully though, Aaliyah spoke out and actually wrote an open letter lashing out to her haters.

(Read the whole letter here)

Aaliyah’s mother Pooja Bedi has spoken about the incident:

Every woman has a right to wear whatever she wants to. To label a person on merely her dressing, all the while ignoring her other achievements as a person shows blatant repressiveness. Morally attacking people based on what she is wearing wrong because the term morality is subjective. To a Saudi woman, an Indian woman is immoral because she exposes her face to the world. It is grossly a misjudgment of character and morals.

She added:

A child who has got over 90 per cent in her board exams, who is now studying in one of the premier film institutes in the world, who has won a National award for art and who has got about 82 K followers on Instagram on her own is indeed commendable. Girls like Aaliah should be role model for women across the board. It is your choice to be bothered by criticism or not.

More power to you!