Nadia Ali | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 July 1991 |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Nadia |
| Citizenship | USA |
| Occupation(s) | dancer, actress |
| Years active | -present |
Nadia Ali (born July 22, 1991) is an American erotic dancer who was a pornographic actress from 2015 to 2016.[1][2][3] She has been "banned" from Pakistan for performing in pornography in a hijab and also has received on-line threats of beheading.
Nadia was born on July 22, 1991 in Pakistan.[4] She is the second of her family. She felt isolated by her family's conservatism, although she did not wear a hijab.[2] She was raised as a Muslim. In a interview on July 2016 with Refinery29, she stated that still identified herself as a "practicing Muslim",[2] and that in between her work, she still prays two or three times a day.[2]
Nadia moved out to San Francisco and set up a business threading eyebrows, until, in 2013, she was encouraged by a friend to perform at a strip club. Influenced by making $500 in one night, she continued as a stripper.
Nadia was encouraged to wear a hijab in pornography due to sexual taboo and to increase her opportunities.[2] 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."[4] 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."[4] She has said that she has been "banned" from Pakistan for performing in pornography in a hijab and also that she has received on-line threats of beheading.[2]
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.[2] Her bookings to perform in Florida after the 2016 Pulse Orlando shooting were canceled for fear of backlash.[2] Calling adult entertainment a "stepping stone" to bigger things, she told Refinery29 that she wanted to move into the beauty business.
