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with communities to protect forests for the future we want if you're hearing what we're hearing find out. you're watching news asia coming up today the global transgender community comes together in solidarity and support on this international transgender day. we started and a special transgender worshipers unlike anything else in the country. plus we need a transgender news anchor in bangladesh who's helped to redefine what's possible and permissable in a mostly traditional society. i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia today is the international trends. gender date of

disability and we will be devoting our entire program to looking at the contributions and challenges facing transgender people this annual day is fairly new it started in 2009 before that there was another day the transgender day of remembrance which served as a day of mourning to honor trans people who had died but the community wanted more than a summer day of darkness it also wished for a day of celebration against adversity so we started pakistan a largely conservative country where transgender people face widespread discrimination and ostracism here one trans woman has defied the odds to open the country's 1st madrassa for muslim transgender people it would be otherwise impossible or at least incredibly difficult for religious trance worshippers to enter mosques to pray. a step closer to finding peace for the soul. behind the story pakistan's 1st transition to only madrassa over

a dozen students learn about the teachings of the qur'an here every day. founder ronni kahn decided to open this religious school after she herself both spiritually lost. identify and went around begging for 5 years then one night i had a dream i saw that a transgender friend of mine who had died within a state of great agony that dream changed my anti-life and that's why i made this turnaround. khan also teaches her students to through quotes and hope that one day they can sell them to cover be operation costs she has used up her life savings to open up the much. the 34 year old was determined. a life on the margins of society. most families do not accept transgender people they threw them out of their homes. they start dancing and begging and doing other things one of them

a. car now ventures to distribute bring help she tries to convince other transgenders to become her students. those who started to learn the qur'an say religion gives them comfort. peace whenever cite the qur'an. degradation it's better to improve my life. i can hope to connect many more transgender people through islam in the future she encourages others in the community to do the same. they can also come to want to create a life they can also designate a room for prayer and recitation where they can remember a law and make atonement to gain a better life after their. rights groups say pakistan may have well over 300000 transgender people in the country just

a fraction of them are practicing islam in this school before the students to mature it's already a milestone to what's greater acceptance and a safe haven. joining us is transgender activist from lahore pakistan on the international transgender day of visibility what messes g have for those who might not understand the transgender community what would you like to see . thank you so much and happy international visibility to on this particular day i think everybody have a right to visit. so i don't get unless we are not busy but we can argue for do except . and do and stick mind discrimination so i'm good unless we bring forward the challenges our stories are desperate this is our view of living everything until unless we want to bring it under frank and being with people and how we can expect

a positive changes like legislation and is to be forward and transparent. so i think it's really important to be visible and on this particular day i would like to condemn on kind of you know and to translate these lesions and and trans and trans. prohibiting us to be visible into society thank you so much for your message tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do. i am basically i'm and i think as. i and i do this is a combination of i'm an artist and activist and so on this particular day i would like to thank you geoffrey i'm going to act on this big declare day and do the history i'm coming. to and the launch of my new channel. to be

on and off the show will be who i knew was doing this show in which i in my guest from different experience. be human one thing. is that you know the best speakers are. so you know he's going to launch today so that he can be more visible into the site so i would invest all of the. so in that you can watch how in the transgenders i have progressed and what are the in more notes and cons icons in the morning congratulations on the line i want to take a closer look at pakistan now where do you think you've seen progress and is there a growing a set of transgender people there. in 2000 he did not and. that is one of. the fired

not only. in the boy and back and for him to fiction is that i. don't. proof. so it also prohibits any kind of discrimination. the charities and institutions. and government just. so you know now we have something on our. view also bringing this legislation and. from. the ministry of human rights. cross and she. says after senator levin that definitely sounds like progress but i also understand that the country has taken an even more conservative turn in the last few years so i'm wondering how that has played out impacted your community.

you know and the biggest challenge for us was you had a very progressive. government and a vision. for the implementation so implementation is the major issue and the try to remind them again. and move priority because you know sometimes government is lately zinj just implementing and for example of did 100 be . just fine and then how i didn't buy so desperate if you're trying to focus on. people janet ali thank you so much for joining us. what's clear is that even as the trans community is intent on a day of positivity it's often borne out of difficulty tashi seeing in india has

always felt she was a woman trapped in a man's body it took the pandemic lockdown for her to come out to her family who did not respond well to the news but she says she feels she made the right decision and that the disclosure needed to happen. when my family started to realize i was transgender they started beating and crushing me i went through a lot. to look down with kind of a blessing. but i got time to think and see if my family was accepting or not if i got to see how my family behaved with me. so it was a blessing because i realized and experienced a lot more in those few months than i had in my entire life. to find out who was behaving in what way we view is definitely a blessing for me it was. showed me a lot taught me a lot to me it. was the entire thing to do now to

bangladesh where a woman has made headlines by becoming the country's 1st transgender news anchor conservative estimates say there are some 10000 transgender people in the country though activists say the actual numbers higher considering bangladesh's population of 160000000 and the like in so many places the transgender community faces stigma abuse and harassment finding employment is difficult many turn to sex work or begging making this story all the more incredible. it's been a long way to the top for tash nuva. the newly appointed news anchor has had more than just glass ceilings to push through to end up here but. i. think. as bangladesh's 1st transgender news reader she's had to work hard to get her foot in the door at that analyst at the chrysler to many other channels barely

anybody called me for an interview a couple of them called me for auditions but that was it i guess they weren't brave enough to take me. to court that as i had over many others perhaps wanted to work with me but again probably they had their own limitations i never realized this would grab so much attention. more on kemal hussain shashi says she knew from very early on that she was born in the wrong body friends neighbors and even her family for acting more like a woman and like many transgender people she says she was bullied and sexually exploited for years. after sure that. my parents once told me to get out of the house then when i couldn't cope with it anymore i left home by myself i couldn't stand the neighbors telling my father about how i should act or walk like a man i never wanted to be a person like that. i'm not going to go out of. her determination has paid off

after fleeing her hometown for the capital dhaka she underwent hormone therapy worked hard and kept up her studies though it hasn't been easy she hopes her fight will make it easier for others. i'm going on a political meeting i don't want any member of the transgender community to suffer i don't want them to live a miserable life i hope they will find work according to this skills. a tall order in conservative bangladesh. his journey suggests a stunt has been made. that's it for today with pictures from the diverse transgender communities across asia on this international transgender day and his ability thank you for watching.

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tune in now. priceless art and artifacts stolen from west africa will european museums return them that's coming up on arts and culture and later on the show transgender visibility day with more trans people now in the spotlight we'll meet a brave woman who came out before the ranks. and a german city with 1700 years of jewish history reveals some unique archaeological finds. but 1st thousands of plaques and sculptures known as the binning bronze as once filled the royal palace in the kingdom of beneath in present day nigeria then europeans invaded africa the british military sacked of the palace and took the bronze with them for over

a century now the binion bronzes have been displayed in european museums and through them many europeans have come to appreciate african art but now the pressure is mounting for museums to return them including 2 dozen museums here in germany. have been mean bronzes have come to symbolize art looted from africa debate over the restitution has gone on for years now the matter has gained momentum in germany foreign minister heikal mass has called for them to be returned culture minister money as once a conference seemed at finding a solution is this a turning point. is this and what's happening is something sensational you could even call it a paradigm shift suddenly the restitution to africa of precious objects from africa is no problem at all anymore that's something really new and it's electrifying the restitution as will happen i'm convinced of it. given even bronzes were meant to be

displayed in berlin's new homebush farm in a few months time as the heart of the ethnological collection the pression cultural heritage foundation which currently holds the bronzes doesn't want to give up that idea completely. optimistic i'm optimistic that the original objects can still be displayed here some could be returned and some could remain here so there could be a continual exchange of items on loan and it was always clear that the context in which they were acquired the context of injustice would be explained and the fact is that in $897.00 in the kingdom of british colonial forces looted $4000.00 bronze sculptures in a raid germany 1100 of the stolen goods. there's blood on these objects so do trophies from the colonial era really belong in an exhibition in the heart of berlin has been few music can be seen in many museums around the world the big name brands are exceptional art and when they came to

europe they highlighted a completely new image of africa as a continent steeped in history and culture they've been in bronzes are of course part of the cultural history of nigeria and been in but they've also become global . nigerian authorities take a different view a new museum is planned there where the brands are to be displayed as the country's legal property. would. normally. practice and snorts. rule is international order. the bronzers are legacy of colonial conquest french historian benedict savoie is one of the most important voices when it comes to blooded art her research has revealed that for decades museums have deliberately

covered up the provenance of their collections and hindered investigations in christian thinking it's obvious that museum directors tried to put off having to take action before they retired and simply passed the problem on to the next generation which has us now it's clear that we cannot and must not burden the next generation with this we have to act in this london there are still no definitive decisions but a general tendency is becoming clear in germany calls for restitution of the bending bronzers are growing louder both within the public and among politicians as here in africa when we were in africa the culture minister of the republic of binny and said he didn't think there would ever be any restitution and if it did happen it would be as important as the fall of the berlin wall and i think we've reached a kind of cultural fall of the wall.

canadian film star elliot page made headlines a few months ago when he came out as transgender being openly publicly trans is still far from the norm but trans people are becoming noticeably more visible in t.v. film and fashion and to mark this international transgender day of visibility we met up again with a brave pioneer of trans visibility here in germany. they're all fighting and playing what you will hear her all. you identified girl boy not me boy we'll call you a girl later if you want. what i really hope is that people realize we're human and we're not like some exotic species we have human emotions that's what matters transgender people have perhaps never been as visible in western society as in recent years. i knew that my. series documentaries and films are increasingly portraying trans people. and shows like

the us series pose for not only telling trans stories but also casting trans actors some of whom have since become stars. but for ordinary people who don't have the protection that fame provides living openly as trans can still require courage. and that was even more the case in the 1990 s. when michelle meyer from southern germany dared to make herself visible she hopes to serve as a role model. if it's often mentioned again there are so many people who have the same problem i do who would like to go down the same path but don't know where to turn or what they should do but they hide themselves just as i had myself for years too afraid of coming out all so i thought that was the opportunity to say people tolerate us we're human beings just like everyone else yes or yes we're thinking also mentioned the and then all. we 1st met michel back in 1904

a few years after she won a few to contest in the the varian town of by white. people country i'm transsexual which means that i've altered my body to fit my sense of myself as a woman one of the decisive point is that i was crowned miss by a white on 1991 when i was still a man with thousands i don't know i'm on. michelle was assigned male it hurts before having jen. her confirmation surgery she took part in the beauty pageant then along she outed herself as transgender after her victory that was considered a scandal after. we met up with her again 29 years later how does she look back on that time line. up the family it was very difficult at the time to survive as a transgender or gay or lesbian person especially by white a small but very in town that was taboo of course it was really bad with all the

threats i got death threats phone calls wrong and. michelle was happy to see how things have changed since she 1st came out. with guns and exploring the twilight and i have to honestly say that after i came out things got a bit better in terms of tolerance i'd say that after about 5 to 7 years people got more tolerable because there was a phase of education that t.v. shows and newspapers got much better at explaining and showing why a person is transgender why they're gay or why they're lesbian the way. but there is still a long way to go when it comes to transgender equality and civil rights but there has been a liberalization of western society since the 1990 s. especially in the business of beauty where michelle meyer started out today there are a number of transgender models who are proudly out and visible. i. well

germany is celebrating 1700 years of german jewish history germany's earliest known jewish resident a man named isaac lived 1700 years ago in the city of cologne today cologne is building a new jewish museum and the building incorporates some fascinating archaeological remains. it's still a construction site but right here in the heart of cologne a new museum for the city's jewish history is being built once complete it will present the results of a decades long archaeological excavations in the city. of out here the great thing about working on these archaeological excavations is that it's incredibly complex here injured roman history meets medieval history meets jewish history sometimes these things are so closely related that they can't really be separated here you can see the semicircular arch of

a roman portico facade and right in front of it there are the cellar walls of a medieval jewish hospital on their television new dish and all the time. historical documents show that jews have lived in cologne since roman antiquity in the year 321 emperor constantine decreed that jews would be allowed to hold public office in what was then called colonia agrippina. in the middle ages cologne became home to the largest jewish community north of the alps but throughout history jews continued to be discriminated against and used to scapegoats during an outbreak of the plague in $1349.00 they were accused of poisoning the wells in the program night of august 23rd of that year an angry mob set the jewish quarter on fire and killed or banished its roughly $800.00 inhabitants. archeologists continue to uncover historical evidence of jewish life from back then. the name for i know we're standing in front of

a once in a lifetime archaeological sensation a hebrew inscription which reads this is the window through which the bodily waste can be removed. the latrine pit is on the other side of this wall underneath the yard of the synagogue which must not be contaminated by excrement. due to the construction work there remains of the synagogue and the ritual bath the mc there are covered up. but photos and virtual reconstructions show what the jewish house of worship would have looked like. this partially restored oil lamp would have been lit at the start of show. and animal bones bear witness to a kosher diet. archeologists also discovered a sketch on a slate presumably done by a child caricaturing their teacher. another one is believed to have served as

a letter. you can see a name and then a small letter after it these are really small sums of money that someone really received or game it's a fascinating look into the lives of the people who lived here into what happened here in cologne a couple of meters from me hundreds of years ago. in fear and. form . these are the treasures that will come alive for visitors on a 650 meter long path through the city's history right on top of where one of europe's most important jewish communities once stood the impressive museum building will cover an area of over 6000 square meters and will be named mc while its opening is planned for 2024. well that's it for this arts and culture for more news including stories about jewish life and history here in germany facebook and twitter. thanks for

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