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Glyn Moody (glynmoody@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 00:29:56 JST Glyn Moody

‘It’s a continuation of hope’: Paris-based TV station provides a lifeline for women in #Afghanistan - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/12/its-a-continuation-of-hope-paris-based-tv-station-provides-a-lifeline-for-women-in-afghanistan "Begum TV beams educational and entertainment shows into homes of women living under strict Taliban rule"
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  ‘It’s a continuation of hope’: Paris-based TV station provides a lifeline for women in Afghanistan
  
  from https://www.theguardian.com/profile/ashifa-kassam
  
  Begum TV beams educational and entertainment shows into homes of women living under strict Taliban rule
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  Glyn Moody (glynmoody@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 02:33:38 JST Glyn Moody
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  @NotBob it's generic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begum
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    Begum (also begüm, bagum, begom, begam, baigum or beygum) is an honorific title from Central and South Asia, often used by leading women in society, including royals, aristocrats, first ladies and prime ministers. It is the feminine equivalent of the title baig or bey, which in Turkic languages means "higher official". It usually refers to the wife or daughter of a beg. The related form begzada (daughter of a beg) also occurs. In the Indian subcontinent, particularly in Delhi, Hyderabad, Sindh, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Bengal, begum has been adapted for use as an honorific for Muslim women of high social status, accomplishment, or rank, as in English language the title "Lady" or "Dame" is used. Title In modern society Colloquially, the term is also used in Uzbekistan, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh by Muslim men to refer to their own wives, daughters, sisters or as an honorific address to a married or widowed woman. In Bangladesh the term has been used for the titles of current and former...
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  Might Begum be a reference to,
  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-53428191
  or is it a generic name?
  Also
  "Ms Begum remains in a camp controlled by armed guards in northern Syria."
  That might be old news but with recent events... where is she now?
  Being obtuse I guess, hope, she has weaned herself off of ISIS and not converted to MAGA.
  
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