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Hijra
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Hijra
A female impersonator or gynaemimetic in the Indian subcontinent, who may have had partial surgical sex reassignment. Hijras belong to a traditional social organisation, part cult and part caste; they worship the goddess Bahuchara Mata. Their sexuoerotic role is that of female with men


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Summary: King Mohammed VI launched on Tuesday in the town of TE[umlaut]mara (15km south of Rabat), the tenth edition of the operation of distributing foodstuffs on needy families for the month of holy Ramadan 1429 of the Hegira.
aaaa The oath of allegiance was introduced in Morocco in year 172 of the Hegira (end of the VIII century) when Idriss I, founder of the Idrisside dynasty, was proclaimed King of Morocco.
 
 
 
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