Feminism, ‘Hum Gunahgar auraten’ [We Sinful Women] and the Act of Writing Resistance: Urdu Poetry’s Rebellious Voices
This is a guest post by Amina Yaqin, author of Gender, Sexuality and Feminism in Pakistani Urdu Writing The award-winning British Pakistani film, Rahm ([Mercy] (2016), an Urdu adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, reflects misogyny in Pakistani society translating a dark tale of power, sex and injustice. Sin...
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