Maulvi begum sahib: The eunuch who found her calling as a Quran teacher

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Maulvi begum sahib: The eunuch who found her calling as a Quran teacher
By Sarfaraz Memon
Published: February 27, 2012

http://tribune.com.pk/story/342204/maulvi-begum-sahib-the-eunuch-who-found-her-calling-as-a-quran-teacher/

SUKKUR: Seventy-year-old Jameela has come a long way from playing as a child with eunuchs to teaching 450 children the Holy Quran every day.

Born a transgender in March 1941, Jameela never fit in at home or at school, so when an elderly eunuch, Pasham Fakir, offered to take her away she ultimately yielded and followed him.

She continued to live in what she later called 'sin' until May 1972, when her brother died in a robbery. "This proved to be a turning point in my life because I started learning the Holy Quran," Jameela told The Express Tribune.