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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Hijra"”.
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Troubling Suicide: Law, Medicine and Hijra Suicides in India
… edges of both medical and legal rights systems: hijra suicides. “Hijra” is a gender/sexual identity specific to the South Asian region that does not necessarily fit well under the label of ‘transgender’ (a label that has come into prominence in Indian rights law in recent years). Based on my …
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"I am Not a Hijra": Transgender Women Claiming Citizenship in South India
… an 18-month ethnographic study conducted with hijras (gender non-conforming people assigned male at birth), newly emerging transwomen, and Dosti, a large NGO in Bangalore, India, this dissertation argues that transgender women claim citizenship by drawing distinct borders between themselves and …
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A Critical Edition of al-Taʿrīf Bimā Anasat al-Hijramin Maʿālim Dār al-Hijra
… the attribution of ’’al-Taʿrīf bimā ʾanasat al-hijra min maʿālim dār al-hijra” to its original author, Jamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Muṭarī (d.741/1340) a well-known historian of Medina. In doing so, this research explores his life and the socio-economic and political conditions of his time …
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The Role of Hijra in the History of Deoband: Preserving Islam in a Minority Context
Hijra in Islam is a multi-faceted concept, inspired by Muhammad’s emigration from Mecca to Medina in the twelfth year of his prophethood (622 CE). Historically, Muslim groups, organisations and individuals who share the same ethical outlook as Muhammad have used the concept of hijra to reflect on …
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Disasters and the “Other Gender”: Exploring the Experiences of the Hijra Community in Disasters in India
… of gender diverse groups in disasters. The hijra community is one such group that has faced the consequences of this interpretation. This qualitative research is a critical ethnography that delves into the lives of one hijra group in Odisha, India and explores their experiences of a cyclone, …
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The water resources structures on the Syrian and Egyptian pilgrim routes to Makka and Medinah
… Medinah as a holy place only developed after AI-Hijra - the immigration of the prophet Mohammad, peace be upon him, to it and his establishing of Islam at that site. Medinah became the capital of the Islamic state both religiously and politically. Islam then spread from Medinah over the Arabian …
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Which Side Are You on? : Prosthetic Vaginas, Cross-dressing Madonnas, and Queer Theology in Virgin of the Flames and Narcopolis
<p>Chris Abani describes a scene where his main character Black and Sweet Girl, a transsexual dancer, have intercourse for the first time. Black hesitates as he begins to penetrate her anally because, “he couldn’t become her this way. He knew this thing, this intimacy he craved wasn’t about love, …