Last Friday I viewed a documentary, They Call Me Muslim. This film explored how different policies from various countries in the world have impacted the lives of Muslim individuals that live in the depicted countries. One country examined was France. In France, a law was established that did not allow female Muslim students to wear the hijab in public schools. As a result, some Muslim students were expelled from school and others had to go to school without their hijab. One student felt like this law did not allow her to express herself fully. This film highlighted that even in a democratic country like France, that women still struggle to express themselves and what they believe in. Across the world, in Iran, Diana Ferrero, the filmmaker, interviewed a woman who was trying to express herself differently than the individuals in France. Unlike those in France who were not permitted to wear their hijabs to public school, K who lives in Tehran, does not necessarily like to wear the hijab. Therefore, K wears a translucent scarf as a hijab, putting herself at risk of being arrested. These two individuals from different sides of the globe have different views on how they should be allowed to express themselves, although they both depict the right to want to express control over their own bodies. This film brought up very controversial topics and stressed that women should be allowed to express themselves.