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
The movie Yahan Ameena Bikti Hai starring Rekha Rana as Ameena was released in 2016 which was based on her real life.[12]
References
- ↑ Tearful Bride, Just 10, Touches India's Conscience(1991-10-21). Retrieved 2014-04-22.
- ↑ The Marriage Trap(2013-03-07). Retrieved 2014-04-22.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The scandal of the state women, law, citizenship in postcolonial India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Duke University Press(2003). ISBN 9780822384830
- ↑ Women and the politics of violence{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Shakti Books(2002). ISBN 9788124108475
- ↑ How brave Nusrat survived India's dark 'bride market'. Firstpost(2 March 2013). Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ↑ An ambivalent relationship. The Hindu(2004-06-06). Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ↑ Arab bride for fortnight - Sheikhs look for child partners for fixed term in Hyderabad. The Telegraph(23 October 2011). Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ↑ 61-year-old Omani national held in Hyderabad for marrying 2 minors. DNA India(21 April 2014). Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ↑ AP Wakf Board to check marriages with foreigners(15 October 2014). Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ↑ Yahan Ameena Bikti Hai. IMDB.
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- Debating Discourses, Practising Feminisms: Feminist Review{{#if:Collective|, Collective}. Routledge(2005). ISBN 978-1-134-71887-0