Iranian Sociological of Association Iranian Journal of Sociology 1735-1901 14 2 2012 07 01 School Girls and Resistance to the Veil: Case of Public-School Girls in Tehran School Girls and Resistance to the Veil: Case of Public-School Girls in Tehran 120 150 21065 FA N. Fazeli F. Mozayan Journal Article 2016 08 03 In this article, we examine how the central component of cultural policy in the post-revolutionary Iran, 'Hijab' or the veiling policy, is contested by high school girls in Tehran. Qualitative data was gathered through in-depth interviewing among three public-school girls in three districts of Tehran (1, 6, and 12) and analyzed by thematic analysis. Accordingly, we concluded that Hijab, a formal and obligatory ideological code in girls' schools, is resisted by the students in different ways. Paradoxically, Hijab provokes students to create their new but hidden and separated world which is departed from that of the 'state/school ideal'. In fact, challenging the formal wearing codes is the main characteristic of the girls’ everyday life in high schools.  In this article, we examine how the central component of cultural policy in the post-revolutionary Iran, 'Hijab' or the veiling policy, is contested by high school girls in Tehran. Qualitative data was gathered through in-depth interviewing among three public-school girls in three districts of Tehran (1, 6, and 12) and analyzed by thematic analysis. Accordingly, we concluded that Hijab, a formal and obligatory ideological code in girls' schools, is resisted by the students in different ways. Paradoxically, Hijab provokes students to create their new but hidden and separated world which is departed from that of the 'state/school ideal'. In fact, challenging the formal wearing codes is the main characteristic of the girls’ everyday life in high schools.  http://www.jsi-isa.ir/article_21065_21445b7069345a1a850ee2daacfd5d8e.pdf