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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It takes a detour from a pilgrimage to Mecca to uncover true enlightenment in “Hijra,” Shahad Ameen’s compelling sophomore feature ...

More than 100 students of any age can study in the non-residential institution – Dawatul Quran Third Gender Madrasa. It is situated on a 1,200 square feet rented second floor of a three-storey ...

The transgender community in Kolkata has alleged that there is an influx of the members of the same community from Bangladesh, who were subjecting them to violence and were out to displace them from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The story follows Sitti and her two granddaughters, Janna and Sarah, as they travel from southern Saudi Arabia to Mecca for the ...

When Rama was leaving Ayodhya to begin his fourteen-year exile in the forest, such was his popularity, so great the devotion of his people towards him, that the entire kingdom followed him to the ...

“For me, this is an anthem for the underdogs, the voiceless and the marginalized. Together, they wage this war for the good and the just, and for me, I really wanted to include the hijra community, ...

Rebecca Gould, the author of the forthcoming book Writers and Rebels: The Literature of Insurgency in the Caucasus, is a professor of humanities at the University of Bristol. In recent decades, the ...

Some time ago, I took to Facebook and wrote about an encounter with a member of the Hijra community, and how, because I didn't have any change to offer, she (Ms Roy) told me she'd be happy if I could ...

Shahad Ameen’s multi-faceted road movie finds a trip to Mecca intelligently raises more questions than answers for a woman whose granddaughter goes missing. Ameen’s inspired approach can be seen from ...

Hijra is a film defined by its artistic precision and sense of place and it’s because of these standout qualities that it was selected as Saudi Arabia’s submission for Best International Feature Film ...