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'''Ameena case''' was the 1991 selling of a 10 year young girl, Ameena from [[Hyderabad, India]], to a person from [[Saudi Arabia]]. The child bride was rescued on 10 August 1991 by the air hostess Amrita Ahluwalia when | '''Ameena case''' was the 1991 selling of a 10-year young girl, Ameena from [[Hyderabad, India]], to a person 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. The case unearthed [[Bride-buying|bride shopping]] in Hyderabad by persons from the Middle East and raised a lot of attention at that time.<ref name=nyt>{{cite web|author=Edward A. Gargan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/21/world/new-delhi-journal-tearful-bride-just-10-touches-india-s-conscience.html |title=Tearful Bride, Just 10, Touches India's Conscience |work=New York Times |date=1991-10-21 |access-date=2014-04-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=J. S. Ifthekhar |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/the-marriage-trap/article4484790.ece |title=The Marriage Trap |newspaper=The Hindu |date=2013-03-07 |access-date=2014-04-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Rescued child bride set to start a new life|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/may/17ameena.htm|access-date=29 December 2014|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=17 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Protest marriages with oldies: Ameena|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Protest-marriages-with-oldies-Ameena/articleshow/711541.cms|access-date=29 December 2014|work=[[Times of India]]|date=1 June 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Rajan|first1=Rajeswari Sunder|title=The scandal of the state women, law, citizenship in postcolonial India|date=2003|publisher=Duke University Press|location=Durham|isbn=9780822384830|page=41}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor-last1=Abraham|editor-first1=Taisha|title=Women and the politics of violence|date=2002|publisher=Shakti Books|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788124108475|page=45}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author1=Sudhir|title=How brave Nusrat survived India's dark 'bride market'|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/how-brave-nusrat-survived-indias-dark-bride-market-645767.html|access-date=29 December 2014|work=[[Firstpost]]|date=2 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/lr/2004/06/06/stories/2004060600310500.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141229120510/http://www.thehindu.com/lr/2004/06/06/stories/2004060600310500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 December 2014|title=An ambivalent relationship|access-date=29 December 2014|date=2004-06-06|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author1=G.S. RADHAKRISHNA|title=Arab bride for fortnight - Sheikhs look for child partners for fixed term in Hyderabad|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1111024/jsp/nation/story_14660998.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095920/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1111024/jsp/nation/story_14660998.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2016|access-date=29 December 2014|work=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]]|date=23 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author1=G Vijayalakshmi|title=61-year-old Omani national held in Hyderabad for marrying 2 minors|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-61-year-old-omani-national-held-in-hyderabad-for-marrying-2-minors-1980395|access-date=29 December 2014|work=[[DNA India]]|date=21 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=AP Wakf Board to check marriages with foreigners|url=http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/2004/01-15Oct04-Print-Edition/011510200488.htm|access-date=29 December 2014|date=15 October 2014}}</ref> | ||
== In popular culture == | |||
The movie ''Yahan Ameena Bikti Hai'' starring [[Rekha Rana]] as Ameena was released in 2016 which was based on her real life.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Yahan Ameena Bikti Hai|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6259146/|url-status=live|website=IMDB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222102815/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6259146/ |archive-date=22 December 2016 }}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:26, 4 July 2023
Ameena case was the 1991 selling of a 10-year young girl, Ameena from Hyderabad, India, to a person 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. The case unearthed bride shopping in Hyderabad by persons 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]
The movie Yahan Ameena Bikti Hai starring Rekha Rana as Ameena was released in 2016 which was based on her real life.[12]
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.
- ↑ "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.