MUMBAI: Hollywood star Actor Gal Gadot has honoured Bilkis Bano who was the face of the months-long anti-citizenship law protest in the Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh neighbourhood, as a ‘personal Wonder Woman’, who motivated her this year.
The actress, who was recently seen reprising the titular role in Wonder Woman 1984, shared a series of pictures on her Instagram page, acknowledging young girls and women from all walks of life across the globe.
In a now-deleted Instagram Story, Gal had wrongly attributed Bilkis as an ‘82-year-old activist fighting for women’s equality in India’. Bilkis remains a part of a separate post shared by the actor.
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She wrote, “Saying farewell to 2020, with all my love to my personal Wonder Women. Some are those closest to me – my family, my friends – some are inspiring women I’ve loved discovering, and some are exceptional women I hope to meet in the future.”
Earlier this year, Bilkis also featured in the Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of 2020. In a testimonial written by journalist Rana Ayyub, Bilkis was described as ‘the voice of the marginalised in India’.
The report quoted Bilkis as saying, “I will sit here till blood stops flowing in my veins so the children of this country and the world breathe the air of justice and equality.”
