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Ms. Naseem with Mexico's Ambassador in New Delhi during her visit to the embassy for her visa application. The Maldives, lacking a Mexican embassy, requires its citizens to apply through the embassy in India. Credit: Mexican embassy.
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In Maldives, a Beauty Queen’s Dream Collides With Religious Backlash

MALE’, Maldives — In a paradoxical turn of events that exemplifies the Maldives’ struggle between modernity and tradition, the state-owned Housing Development Corporation in association with Islamic Ministry announced a religious lecture