Mariya
Mariya Karimjee was a teenager in Texas when she first confronted her mother about the genital cutting she'd undergone as a child in Pakistan.
Best Documentary: Gold2016 Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Competition2016 / Kaitlin Prest / Mitra Kaboli / Mariya Karimjee / The Heart, USA
Mariya Karimjee was a teenager in Texas when she first confronted her mother about the genital cutting she'd undergone as a child in Pakistan.
Mariya takes us on a rare and candid journey about what happened next - navigating family, love, her body and personal relationships - from Texas, to an all-women's college in Western Massachusetts, and all the way back to Pakistan.
Mariya was based on Mariya Karimjee's 2015 essay for The Big Roundtable .
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Kaitlin Prest is an artist working in audio, performance and installation.
Mitra Kaboli is a freelance media producer who has been working with The Heart since 2010.
Mariya Karimjee is a freelance writer based in Karachi, Pakistan.
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