Some time ago, I took to Facebook and wrote about an encounter with a member of the Hijra community, and how, because I didn't have any change to offer, she (Ms Roy) told me she'd be happy if I could ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It takes a detour from a pilgrimage to Mecca to uncover true enlightenment in “Hijra,” Shahad Ameen’s compelling sophomore feature ...
Hijra is a film defined by its artistic precision and sense of place and it’s because of these standout qualities that it was selected as Saudi Arabia’s submission for Best International Feature Film ...
Rebecca Gould, the author of the forthcoming book Writers and Rebels: The Literature of Insurgency in the Caucasus, is a professor of humanities at the University of Bristol. In recent decades, the ...
When Rama was leaving Ayodhya to begin his fourteen-year exile in the forest, such was his popularity, so great the devotion of his people towards him, that the entire kingdom followed him to the ...
Although Bangladesh officially recognised hijras as a distinct third gender in 2013, the lived realities of these individuals often remain shaped by stigma, exclusion, and, critically, gender-based vi ...
“For me, this is an anthem for the underdogs, the voiceless and the marginalized. Together, they wage this war for the good and the just, and for me, I really wanted to include the hijra community, ...
Hijra, the Islamic New Year, starts Wednesday evening. Above, a Muslim pilgrim prays atop Mount Thor in the holy city of Mecca ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage Sept. 19, 2015. Ahmad Masood/Reuters ...
Al-Hijra is the Muslim new year. Find this year's date in the multifaith calendar Al-Hijra, the Islamic New Year, is the first day of the month of Muharram. It marks the Hijra (or Hegira) in 622 CE ...
Shahad Ameen’s multi-faceted road movie finds a trip to Mecca intelligently raises more questions than answers for a woman whose granddaughter goes missing. Spike Lee, Amy Schumer, John Krasinski and ...