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How colonialism took hijras from spiritual leaders to the outskirts of Indian society

In his 2024 directorial debut, Monkey Man, Dev Patel engineers a delightfully unexpected “the more you know” moment in the action-revenge movie in which his anonymous hero ingratiates himself with a ...
Variety

Saudi Director Shahad Ameen Shooting Female Empowerment Road Movie ‘Hijra’ With CAA Handling U.S. Sales (EXCLUSIVE)

Saudi Arabian director Shahad Ameen, whose feminist fable “Scales” made a splash after launching from Venice in 2019, is back behind the camera on “Hijra,” an ambitious drama centered on the bond ...
WRAL

The Peculiar Position of India’s Third Gender

MUMBAI, India — When Lord Rama was exiled from Ayodhya and his entire kingdom began to follow him into the forest, he told his disciples, “Men and women, please wipe your tears and go away.” So they ...
CNN

‘I begged death from God’: Rohingya hijras speak up about rampant sexual abuse in refugee camps

This story contains graphic descriptions of sexual violence. Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh — Salma lives in a crowded refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar. On a late evening in September 2023, she put on a colorful ...
Variety

Oscars: Saudi Arabia Picks Shahad Ameen’s ‘Hijra’ for International Feature Race

Saudi filmmaker Shahad Ameen’s road movie “Hijra,” centered on the bond formed between different generations of Saudi women during a journey across the desert, has been selected as Saudi Arabia’s ...