King Ibrahim bin Iskandar of Malaysia has awarded the prestigious Hijra Personality of the Year medal, also known as the “Prophet's Hijra Award,” to Saudi Minister of Hajj and Umrah Dr. Tawfiq ...

On the occasion of the new Hijri year 1447, I would like to greet the great people of Egypt, as well as the peoples of the ...

What’s the big deal about Hijri New Year? Hijri, or Hijiri, comes from the Arabic word Al Hijra, meaning ‘flight’ or ‘migration.’ It marks the day Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) travelled from ...

But hijras, as Nanda (1999) and Reddy (2005) observe, have reclaimed this practice as something far beyond physical alteration.

March 9, 2025 (EL FASHER, AL-MALIHA) – Drone strikes launched by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeted the Al-Maliha area in North Darfur state on Sunday, killing two civilians and injuring ...

Hijra communities in Bangladesh often face discrimination at government hospitals due to issues such as the absence of separate queues, lack of time to discuss their medical concerns, and being ...

But on the other side, the Khawaja Sara and Hijra’s with a very low academic qualification and less access to education in Pakistani society make the situation worse for them.

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 ...

Mufti Abdur Rahman Azad, founder of a hijra charity, told AFP that the new mosque was the first of its kind in the country. A similar endeavour planned in another city was stopped last month after ...

The mosque’s imam, Abdul Motaleb, 65, said that the persecution of the hijra community was against the teachings of his faith. “They are like any other people created by Allah”, the cleric ...

Hijra have been the beneficiaries of growing legal recognition in Bangladesh, which since 2013 has officially allowed members of the community to identify as a third gender. Several have entered ...