Muslims worldwide will celebrate today the Islamic New Year or Hijra marking the Prophet Mohammed's (PBUH) migration from Makkah to Madinah. Muslims consider this blessed event the best time of the ...
Tucked away in the Gomtipur ghetto sits the home of Shobha, Shilpa and Joya, members of the city's small hijra community. Hijras, India's "third gender," have performed ancestral rituals and ...
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 ...