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Pakistan routinely is ranked among the most dangerous countries for women. Much of the nation is extremely conservative, with women often subjected to violence at the hands of men. Repercussions are minimal, and more than half of Pakistani women who experience violence say nothing out of shame and fear. FREEDOM FIGHTERS follows three brave women who are speaking out against inequality and pushing for equal rights in their country. Winner of Best Short...
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Urdu
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Allah Rakhi kidnaps her ten-year-old daughter Zainab to save her from a child marriage to a tribal leader. Their escape is a damning loss of honor for the two families, and a deadly hunt begins for them. Desperate for help, Allah Rakhi strikes an unlikely deal with a cynical ex-Mujahid truck driver to take them to Lahore. What follows is an epic journey through the sweeping landscape of Pakistan where the search for freedom and love comes with a price....
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Urdu
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Fatima, a committed schoolteacher living the cosmopolitan high life in Karachi, has her life shattered when her nanny, Nusrat inexplicably disappears. Though her friends and family beg her not to disturb the status quo and confront the powerful feudals in Nusrat's village, Fatima travels there to investigate.
13) Ḥalālah
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Urdu
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Novel based on the practice of "halalah" where a divorced Muslim woman has to marry someone else before re-marrying her ex-husband, which is taken for granted in Muslim societies; Indian perspective.
16) Girān̲: nāvil
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Urdu
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A novel about the lives of women whose husband have left the village to work in other countries, the return of the men once every several years and the children growing up while their fathers are absent.
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