Women Studies

Portrayal of women in the stories of Saadat Hasan Manto

Dawn, The Review, May 13-19, 1999 There seems to be no rest for the poor soul of Saadat Hasan Manto. While he was alive the conservatives held him in abuse for advocating women’s freedom. Now, in the so-called post-feminist age of literary criticism he seems to have become a popular target for energetic novices of […]

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Men are from Mars, women are from Venus … no more

Dawn, The Review, sometime in April, 1997 “Jane behaved like a man.” Consider this sentence carefully. What does it mean? I put this question in my workshops, and the answer I usually get is: “Jane behaved wisely, bravely, rashly, firmly, boldly, confidently or she became self-reliant or she dressed up in a man’s attire.” If

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Women as prophets in the Quran

You, Volume 3, No.22; The News International. 1993 A few months back an interesting opinion was published by the team of scholars who edit ‘Our dialogue’, the religious column in the Arab News [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no”

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