Ameena case
The Ameena case was the 1991 selling of a 10-year young girl, Ameena from Hyderabad, India, to a man from Saudi Arabia. The child bride was rescued on 10 August 1991 by the air hostess Amrita Ahluwalia when Ameena was being taken to Saudi Arabia. Later it was found Badruddin and his wife Sabira Begum had sold their 10-year-old daughter Ameena into marriage for a reported $240 to a 60-year-old Saudi Arabian man. The case unearthed bride shopping in Hyderabad by men from the Middle East and raised a lot of attention at that time.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
In popular culture
[edit]In 1993, CBS 60 Minutes featured a segment on Ameena's life story.[12]
The movie Yahan Ameena Bikti Hai starring Rekha Rana as Ameena was released in 2016 which was based on her real life.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ Edward A. Gargan (21 October 1991). "Tearful Bride, Just 10, Touches India's Conscience". New York Times. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ^ J. S. Ifthekhar (7 March 2013). "The Marriage Trap". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ^ "Rescued child bride set to start a new life". Rediff.com. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ^ "Protest marriages with oldies: Ameena". Times of India. 1 June 2004. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ^ Rajan, Rajeswari Sunder (2003). The scandal of the state women, law, citizenship in postcolonial India. Durham: Duke University Press. p. 41. ISBN 9780822384830.
- ^ Abraham, Taisha, ed. (2002). Women and the politics of violence. New Delhi: Shakti Books. p. 45. ISBN 9788124108475.
- ^ Sudhir (2 March 2013). "How brave Nusrat survived India's dark 'bride market'". Firstpost. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ^ "An ambivalent relationship". The Hindu. 6 June 2004. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ^ G.S. RADHAKRISHNA (23 October 2011). "Arab bride for fortnight - Sheikhs look for child partners for fixed term in Hyderabad". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ^ G Vijayalakshmi (21 April 2014). "61-year-old Omani national held in Hyderabad for marrying 2 minors". DNA India. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ^ "AP Wakf Board to check marriages with foreigners". 15 October 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ^ "60 Minutes Season 25 Episodes". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ "Yahan Ameena Bikti Hai". IMDB. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016.
Bibliography
[edit]- Abraham, Taisha (2002). "3. The Ameena Case (by Rajeshwari Sundar Ranjan)". Women and the Politics of Violence. Har-Anand Publications. pp. 45–75. ISBN 978-81-241-0847-5.
- Collective, The Feminist Review (2005). "2. To Whom Does Ameena Belong?". Debating Discourses, Practising Feminisms: Feminist Review. Routledge. pp. 25–56. ISBN 978-1-134-71887-0.
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