The Islamic new year, known as Al-Hijra, begins on Friday and marks the beginning of Muharram, the first month of the Muslim lunar calendar. The lunar calendar, or Hijri, has been used for more than 1 ...

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 ...

Saudi Arabia has officially submitted Shahad Ameen's poetic road movie, 'Hijra,' as its entry for the 98th Academy Awards' Best International Feature Film category. This marks a significant milestone ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fans are raving about Dev Patel’s “Monkey Man” for its thrilling action sequences and poignant revenge storyline, but for LGBTQ South Asians, the film holds a particular significance. The film ...

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 ...

Saudi filmmaker Shahad Ameen’s road movie “Hijra”, which explores the bond between different generations of Saudi women on a journey across the desert, has been chosen as Saudi Arabia’s entry for the ...

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 ...