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Body politic: Women in the cinema of Partition – Feryal Ali Gauhar

Jimi Mistry and Kristin Kreuk in Partition (2007) | IMDb The cinematic experience is a gratifying hoax, predicated on a suspension of disbelief. We are convinced that all the disparate elements contributing to the production of a filmic experience – … Continue reading

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Sex, honour, shame and blackmail in an online world – BBC – 26 Oct.16

A BBC investigation has found that thousands of young women in conservative societies across North Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia are being shamed or blackmailed with private and sometimes sexually explicit images. Daniel Silas Adamson looks at how … Continue reading

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