Nadia Ali (actress)
Nadia Ali (actress)
Nadia Ali | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 July 1991 |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Nadia |
| Citizenship | American |
Nadia Ali (born July 22, 1991) is a Pakistani-American retired pornographic actress, who worked from 2015 to 2016.[1][2][3][4]
Nadia Ali | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 July 1991 |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Nadia |
| Citizenship | American |
Early life
Nadia is a first-generation American who is from Pakistan.[1] She is the second of her family. She felt isolated by her family's conservatism although she did not wear a hijab.[3] She was raised as a Muslim and in an interview on July 2016 with Refinery29, she stated that still identified herself as a practicing Muslim.[3] In between her work, she still prays two or three times a day.[3] Nadia speaks Punjabi and Hindi-Urdu.[5]
Pornographic career
Nadia was encouraged to wear a hijab in pornography due to sexual taboo and to increase her opportunities.[3] One of her films, titled Women of the Middle East, involved domestic violence turning into sex when the man becomes aroused. Its advertising blurb reads: "They may look suppressed, but given an opportunity to express themselves freely, their wild, untamable natural sexuality is released. This may just be what was in bin Laden's porn collection, experience it for yourself."[1] She blames culture, rather than religion, for patriarchy in Pakistan and has said she wanted to make solo and lesbian scenes to "show the world that south asian girls of Pakistani descent really do get horny."[1] She has said that she has been "banned" from Pakistan for performing in pornography in a hijab, and also has received on-line death-threats for performing.[3]
In 2016, she left the pornographic industry after making twenty scenes, as she found the idea of her 21st film, of a man resembling Donald Trump having sex with a Muslim woman, to be degrading.[3] Her bookings to perform in Florida after the 2016 Pulse Orlando shooting were canceled for fear of backlash.[3]