At a time when the world celebrates Women’s Day, The Wire’s Yasmeen Rashidi remembers the life and struggles of Sara Shagufta, a feminist poet who wrote in Urdu and Punjabi languages and was driven to death by suicide after a lifelong struggle against patriarchal prejudices.
Watch | 'Men Raise Their Brows When a Woman Opens Her Mouth': Remembering Sara Shagufta
Yasmeen Rashidi
Mar 09, 2020
Mar 09, 2020
The life and struggles of Urdu and Punjabi's firebrand feminist poet.
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