‘Land of My Dreams’: The strength of the women who led the 2019 Shaheen Bagh protests
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An award-winning Indian filmmaker tells FRANCE 24’s Perspective show that the fear of something happening to her clouds her life. Nausheen Khan’s film “Land of My Dreams” documents the protests in India against the country’s Citizenship Amendment Act. The bill provides an accelerated pathway for citizenship for many illegal migrants, but crucially, it does not mention Muslims. The film follows Khan's journey as she discovers more about her identity as a Muslim woman amid the protests. She now says she is who she is today thanks to the female demonstrators she met while making the film.
‘Land of My Dreams’: The strength of the women who led the 2019 Shaheen Bagh protests