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 ...

As Bangladesh braces for the impact of COVID-19, with much of the country in lockdown, people with means have stocked food and hunkered down at home. But in a country where one in five people lives ...

Saudi writer-director Shahad Ameen returns to the Venice Film Festival with “Hijra,” which has its world premiere in the Spotlight section. Her debut “Scales” also premiered in Venice and then went on ...

There are many items of clothing that announce to the world that their wearer is now a woman. For some people, it's the bra, for others, it's their first shoe with a heel. For many Indian women, that ...

AHMEDABAD, India — Tucked away in the Gomtipur ghetto sits the dusty pink home of Shobha, Shilpa and Joya, members of Ahmedabad’s small hijra community. Hijras, India’s “third gender,” have performed ...

Organized crime linked to the transgender community is rising, prompting calls for reform and police action against extortion.

Six days a week, transgender students come to Rina Hijras’ home to learn. Six days a week, transgender students in Dhaka, Bangladesh, come to Rina Hijras' home to dance, eat and, more importantly, ...

The Khawaja Sara (transgender) community celebrated the Hijra Festival 2025 with a vibrant rally that captured both the cultural and political aspirations of the community. Transgender people and ...

The Khawaja Sira (transgender) community celebrated the Hijra Festival 2025 on Saturday at Burns Garden with a vibrant rally that captured both the cultural and political aspirations of the community.

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 ...

On September 1, Muslims across the world looked to the moon and celebrated the beginning of Eid al-Adha—the feast of sacrifice. Just several weeks later, the Islamic world will mark another holy event ...