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Egyptian Muslims perform Eid al-Fitr prayers outside al-Seddik mosque in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, April 21, 2023. In the Middle East and North Africa, where religion is often ingrained in daily life's very fabric, rejecting faith can come with social or other repercussions, so many of the "nones," a group that includes agnostics, atheists and "nothing in particular" conceal that part of themselves, as blasphemy laws and policies are widespread in the region. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

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Fearing ostracism or worse, many nonbelievers hide their views in the Middle East and North Africa
By MARIAM FAM - Associated Press
Wed,10/04/23-11:16PM , 81 Reads
There’s the Tunisian woman who fasts during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, though not for God. The Iraqi woman who, until recently, wore a hijab.
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Director Maryam Touzani stands for a portrait during the 76th international film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Monday, May 22, 2023. In her latest film, “The Blue Caftan,” Touzani, from Morocco, delicately weaves intricate, overlapping tales of love, both traditional and largely taboo for many in her country and its region as she tells the story of a woman and her secretly gay husband who together run a shop making caftans. The marriage grows more complicated when the couple hires a male apprentice. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

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In 'The Blue Caftan,' Moroccan film director tackles LGBTQ+ love and celebrates embroidery craft
By MARIAM FAM - Associated Press
Wed,06/07/23-1:59AM , 162 Reads
As Mina gets increasingly sick, her body withering away, her husband dotes on her: He washes her hair, helps her change, brings the sweetness of a fruit to her lips. But underneath the genuinely tender moments shared by this on-screen Moroccan couple simmers a longing — of a forbidden kind.
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Bibi Bahrami prays at the Islamic Center of Muncie, Ind., on Friday, March 3, 2023, where she is one of the mosque's leaders. Bahrami is a subject of the documentary "Stranger at the Gate" that tells the story of the relationship she and others in their small Islamic community fostered with Richard McKinney, a former U.S. Marine who at one point had planned to bomb their community center. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler)

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'Stranger at the Gate,' an Oscar nominee on love after hate
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Wed,03/08/23-7:35AM , 163 Reads
When Richard McKinney was getting married last year, friends stepped in to help. Bibi Bahrami cooked Afghan dishes — from rice with carrots and raisins to chicken and beef — for the wedding guests. Her husband officiated the Islamic part of the ceremony.
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Maureen McKay, left, who portrays Laila, John Moore, who portrays Rasheed, and Karin Mushegain, who portrays Mariam, perform in a dress rehearsal for the opera "A Thousand Splendid Suns," in Seattle, on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. Making its world debut Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, it is based on a popular novel by Kabul-born author Khaled Hosseini that explores the inner worlds of Mariam and Laila over decades of Afghan history, some with stark parallels to the present. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear)

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Seattle Opera puts story of Afghan women center stage
By MARIAM FAM - Associated Press
Sat,02/25/23-8:05AM , 155 Reads
As the Taliban once again assert control of Afghanistan and push women further out of public view, a female Afghan filmmaker is working thousands of miles away to help bring to life a wildly popular tale of two heroines living in her homeland,
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