Wombs and Alien Spirits: Women, Men, and the Zar Cult in Northern Sudan (New Directions in Anthropol
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Zār Wikipedia ~ In the cultures of the Horn of Africa and adjacent regions of the Middle East Zār Arabic زار Geez ዛር is the term for a demon or spirit assumed to possess individuals mostly women and to cause discomfort or illness The socalled zār ritual or zār cult is the practice of exorcising such spirits from the possessed individual Zār exorcism has become popular in the
Female genital mutilation Wikipedia ~ Female genital mutilation FGM also known as female genital cutting and female circumcision is the ritual cutting or removal of some or all of the external female practice is found in Africa Asia and the Middle East and within communities from countries in which FGM is common