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Women who inspire me to write in 2021

2021 began for me with a climb up a hill with Amanda Gorman. She pulled me aside and, with wisdom blessed at birth, reminded me that I am the ‘author of a new chapter”, she stressed the need to ensure “Harm to none, harmony for all”. And in the end, advised me “to be brave enough to see the light” and “brave enough to be it”.

Kishwar Naheed: a Sinful Woman of Urdu Verse

Kishwar Naheed’s feminist anthem of Urdu Literature, “We Sinful Women” embodies the bravery of women standing up to the hypocrisy of patriarchy: …It is we sinful women./Now, even if the… Read more Kishwar Naheed: a Sinful Woman of Urdu Verse

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