#begum

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Princess Grace and Prince Rainier with Karim Aga Khan IV and his wife Begum Salimah Aga Khan at the Sea Gala in Monte Carlo, Monaco, on August 30, 1974.

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these are for all the pcrc, begum, lifafa, darzi, gunda fans

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Los talibán afganos permiten la reanudación de las emisiones de Radio Begum, dirigida por mujeres

La cadena y Radio Jawanan, dirigida a la juventud, volverán emitir tras aceptar las condiciones del movimiento fundamentalista Madrid, 23 de febrero (Europa Press) – El movimiento integrista talibán de Afganistán ha anunciado la reanudación de las emisiones de la cadena Radio Begum, conocida en todo el país por ser el único medio de comunicación dirigido por mujeres y que vio suspendida su…

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dilara findikoglu FEMME VORTEX aw24 | ph. begum yetis

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DILARA FINDIKOGLU | SS23 MODEL: AMELIA GRAY PHOTO: BEGUM YETIS

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Chess Set Design

Courtesy: Begüm Kılınç

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my miraculous ocs! some of them, i realise i forgot to draw jinans family

left to right: charles, jinan, charlotte, lara

jinans the main character of these four and i don't know how to draw charlotte yet

click for better quality

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Ladies, please speak up about this. And how Begum TV is still around to offer programs for women

Taliban Suspend Women's Radio Station In Afghanistan

The Taliban information ministry said the station had been suspended for "multiple violations", in the latest search by the government of local media outlets in Afghanistan.

Agence France-Presse

World News

Feb 05, 2025 07:08 am IST

Published OnFeb 05, 2025 07:08 am IST

Many radio stations in Afghanistan have ceased broadcasting women's voices.

Kabul:

Afghanistan's Taliban authorities raided well-known women's radio station Radio Begum on Tuesday, arresting two employees, the broadcaster said, calling for the speedy release of its staff.

The Taliban information ministry said the station had been suspended for "multiple violations", in the latest search by the government of local media outlets in Afghanistan.

"Officers from the General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) assisted by representatives of the Ministry of Information and Culture raided today Begum's compound in Kabul," a statement from the radio station said.

The broadcaster said Taliban authorities searched the office, seizing computers, hard drives and phones, and detaining two male employees "who do not hold any senior management position".

It said it would not provide further comment, fearing for the security of the detained employees, and asked that the authorities "take care of our colleagues and release them as soon as possible".

The Taliban information ministry said the station had been suspended, in a statement on social media site X.

"Besides multiple violations, it was providing materials and programmes to a TV station based abroad," it said.

"Due to the violation of the broadcasting policy and improper use of the license (from the ministry), the radio station was suspended today so that the related documents can be carefully evaluated and the final decision can be taken," it added.

Radio Begum said it has never been involved in any political activity and was "committed to serving the Afghan people and more specifically the Afghan women".

- Media shuttered -

Reporters Without Borders (RSF), posting on X, demanded "the ban be lifted immediately".

The freedom of information watchdog says the Taliban authorities closed at least 12 media outlets in 2024.

Radio Begum was founded on March 8, International Women's Day, 2021, five months before the Taliban swept to power, ousting the US-backed government and implementing a strict interpretation of Islamic law.

The Taliban authorities have imposed broad restrictions on women, squeezing them out of public life with rules the United Nations has labelled "gender apartheid".

Women have been barred from secondary school and university as well as squeezed from certain types of work.

The few women who still appear on TV channels are covered except for their eyes and hands. Many radio stations have ceased broadcasting women's voices.

Radio Begum station staff have broadcast programming for women, by women, including educational shows, book readings and call-in counselling.

In 2024, Radio Begum's Swiss-Afghan founder Hamida Aman also launched a satellite television station, Begum TV, broadcasting educational programmes from Paris to help Afghan girls and women continue their education.

Thousands of videos covering the Afghan national curriculum have also been uploaded on a sister website, available for free.

The suspension of Radio Begum is the latest such action against local media in Afghanistan.

In December last year, Taliban authorities shut down Afghan station Arezo TV and detained seven employees.

The Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (PVPV) accused the channel of betraying Islamic values and being supported by media based outside the country, which have been heavily restricted and criticised by the Taliban authorities.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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Jodie Comer | Interview | Begum Yetis | JUne 2024

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Period dramas dresses tournament: Orange dresses Round 1- Group B: Jodhaa Bai, Jodhaa Akbar (gifset) vs Maria Hughes, Stage beauty (gifset)

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Portrait of Begum Samru, born Farzana Zeb un-Nissa, married Christian name Joanna Nobilis Sombre (c. 1753-1836)

Unknown artist, Delhi School

watercolour on paper

Delhi, India, c. 1830

Starting her career as a dancing (nautch) girl, Begum Samru eventually converted from Islam to Christian Catholicism and became the ruler of the small territory of Sardhana in present-day Uttar Pradesh. She was the head of a professionally trained mercenary army consisting of Europeans and Indians that she inherited from her European husband, Walter Reinhardt Sombre after his passing in 1778. She built several palaces including at Chandni Chowk in Delhi. Stories have been written about her political and dipolomatic astuteness and the important battles fought by the troops under her command. This painting follows the format of a portrait miniature on ivory but is larger and on paper surrounded by a lavish decorative border. She is depicted older in age with her right hand holding the end of a hookah pipe. It may have been part of a set of portraits of Indian rulers of the 19th century.

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[Anne de Pisseleu] has almost entirely disappeared from historical accounts. Francis is generally considered the strongest and most impressive French Renaissance king. To acknowledge Anne’s political power would diminish his reputation. But for errors of political judgment in his waning years, Anne has [often] been blamed.

— Kathleen Wellman, Queens and Mistresses in Renaissance France / Tracy Adams, Queens, Regents, Mistresses: Reflections on Extracting Elite Women’s Stories from Medieval and Early Modern French Narrative Sources

"The Duchess of Étampes [Anne de Pisseleu] has been characterized over the centuries in reflexively misogynistic terms, and traces of the misogyny remain despite the scholarship of David Potter and Francis Nawracki demonstrating that that she was a central political figure during the last years of the reign of François I. She is described, for example, as “undoubtedly a detestable person, capricious, arrogant, taking advantage of her powers as favorite of a feeble, aged king,” and as “the duchess, insolent, capricious,” who “made sure that no one was unaware of the power that she held over [the king].” She was at “the heart of much in-fighting at court,” and she was “fickle.” Charges of greed and vainglory persist, as well: “Combining intelligence with beauty, she was also ambitious and grasping.” The reputation of Diane de Poitiers among historians has been different. She was much reviled immediately after her death, but, by the nineteenth century, she had been embraced as a romantic icon, and, ever since, she has been treated with sympathy or curiosity—the story that she ingested gold to preserve her beauty has garnered considerable interest in the popular press over the past few years—in recent biographies."

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Royal Birthdays for today, February 23rd:

Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria , 1417

Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary and Croatia, 1443

Salima Sultan Begum, Mughal Empress, 1539

Pauline of Anhalt-Bernburg, Princess Consort of Lippe, 1769

Octavius, British Prince, 1779

Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Duchess of Oldenburg, 1800

Alexandrine of Prussia, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 1803

Naruhito, Emperor of Japan, 1960

Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland, 2012

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Some Costumes from Bahu Begum TV Series + The view of Noor's white sari and the pink colored flowers on it

Ep.1

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I Sissy Muslimah Fara have submitted to another Muslim Goddess Shamima Begum. I will serve and obey Superior Muslims

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Rana Begum