Rats of Shah Dola - Wikipedia
WEBRat-children or chuas are children or adults with microcephaly, exploited as beggars situated in Gujrat City, particularly the Shrine of Saint Shah Dola, [1] and elsewhere in Pakistan. They have sloping foreheads, narrow faces that resemble rodents, and are often intellectually disabled and dependent on others.
Tragic 'rat children of Pakistan' who are disfigured and forced …
WEBOct 21, 2021 · These children, with sloped skulls, disfigured foreheads and narrow faces resembling rodents, grow up to beg for money on the streets. They are known as “rat children” or “chuhas” and there is a superstition that if you refuse them money you will be burdened by bad luck.
Focus on rat-children - The New Humanitarian
WEBOct 14, 2002 · Punching and slapping herself in the face, Nadia, commonly known as a rat-child, sat swaying in front of a begging box outside the Dola Shah shrine in the Punjabi city of Gujrat. She is just one of thousands of abnormal or deformed children in the country who are abandoned to destitution.
BBC News | South Asia | The rat children of Pakistan
WEBJun 29, 1998 · "Rat children" grow up with mental and physical handicaps. Experts say they are being deliberately deformed by criminal gangs operating around the shrine who then use them for begging....
The rat children | A documentary about Dolhay shah Chohay | Part 1
WEBJul 22, 2010 · In Pakistan, microcephalics babies born with abnormally small heads are known as 'rats' and credited with god-like powers. Believers will give them money in ...
The Shrine of Abandonment: The "Rat Children" of Shah Daulah
WEBJan 12, 2023 · Even to date, the story of the rat-children piques interest. Jawad Ahmed Paras’s 2021 documentary “Mattu” takes a closer look at the life of microcephalic children in the country. As victims of both folk belief and physical impediments, the chuahs are subject to pity and perverse curiosity.
Myths and Corruption Surrounding Pakistan's Microcephalics
WEBThe Rat Children: Myth surrounding microcephalics in PakistanFor downloads and more information visit http://journeyman.tv/57426/short-films-archive/the-rat...
Primary Microcephaly and the Beggars of Shah Daula
WEBSep 17, 2021 · These children, dubbed the “rat children of Shah Daula,” largely suffer from primary microcephaly, a medical condition where the head’s circumference is smaller than average and the brain is smaller on average as well. Many of these children beg around the shrine and surrounding cities.
The rat children | A Documentary about Doleh shah ke chohay
WEBJul 22, 2010 · "Rat children" grow up with mental and physical handicaps Experts say they are being deliberately deformed by criminal gangs operating around the shrine who then use them...
Shah Daula Peer kay Chuhay – A Comprehensive Report
WEBThe Chuas. Children and adults having microcephaly, which caused them to be called 'rats' or 'mice', lived at Shah Daulah's shrine in the city of Gujrat, Punjab, for two hundred or more years with little attention paid to them. In 2009, only …
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