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Bacha posh ( Pashto: باشا بوش, lit. 'dressed up as a boy', Dari: بچه پوشی) is an Afghan tradition [1] [2] [3] in which some families without sons will pick a daughter to live and behave as a boy. This enables the child to behave more freely: attending school, escorting her sisters in public, and working. [2] [3]
Bacha bazi. Bacha bāzī ( Persian: بچه بازی, lit. 'boy play') [1] is a practice in which men (sometimes called bacha baz) buy and keep adolescent boys (sometimes called dancing boys) for entertainment and sex. [2] [3] It is a custom in Afghanistan and in historical Turkestan and often involves sexual slavery and child prostitution by ...
Islamic Fashion as a phenomenon stemmed from the combination of a set of Islamic practices (in which the need to cover a specific set of body parts is present) and of the rising need and desire to include these specific clothing items in a broader fashion industry. The global growth of “an Islamic consumer sector, which explicitly forges ...
Amira & Sam. Amira & Sam is a 2014 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Sean Mullin and produced by Terry Leonard, Erich Lochner, and Matt Miller with executive producers James Ponsoldt, Meg Montagnino-Jarrett, and Peter Sobiloff. Set in New York City, the film is about Sam, an American soldier, and Amira, an illegal immigrant ...
Hijab. In modern usage, hijab ( Arabic: حجاب, romanized : ḥijāb, pronounced [ħɪˈdʒaːb]) generally refers to various head coverings conventionally worn by many Muslim women. [1] [2] It is similar to the tichel or snood worn by Orthodox Jewish women, certain headcoverings worn by some Christian women, such as the mantilla, apostolnik ...
Tamil. Thirumanam Ennum Nikkah ( transl. Marriage a.k.a Nikkah) is a 2014 Indian Tamil -language romance film written directed by newcomer Anis and produced by V. Ravichandran of Aascar Films. The film stars Jai and Nazriya Nazim in the lead roles, while Hebah Patel, Jamal, Dinesh Gopalsamy, and Deekshitha Manikkam play supporting roles.
Hala is a 2019 American drama film written and directed by Minhal Baig. The film was screened in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, and was released in a limited theatrical release on November 22, 2019, followed by digital streaming on December 6, 2019, by Apple TV+. The film received generally positive ...
Mee Raqsam is an Indian drama produced and directed by Baba Azmi. [1] Written by Safdar Mir and Husain Mir, the film tells the story of a young Muslim girl who wants to become a dancer. [2] It stars Naseeruddin Shah, Aditi Subedi, Danish Husain, Shraddha Kaul and Rakesh Chaturvedi Om in lead roles. [3] Mee Raqsam was released on ZEE5 on 21 ...