Oscars: Saudi Arabia Picks Shahad Ameen’s ‘Hijra’ for International Feature Race
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Saudi filmmaker Shahad Ameen’s road movie “Hijra,” centered on the bond formed between different generations of Saudi women during a journey across the desert, has been selected as Saudi Arabia’s candidate for the Oscar in the international feature film category. “Hijra” is the second feature from Ameen whose first work, feminist fable “Scales,” was Saudi’s […]