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Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain

Born

in Rangpur, Bangladesh

December 09, 1880

Died

December 09, 1932

Genre

Feminist Author, Nonfiction, Literature & Fiction

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Begum Roquia Sakhawat Hussain, popularly known as Begum Rokeya, was born in 1880 in the village of Pairabondh, Mithapukur, Rangpur, in what was then the British Indian Empire and is now Bangladesh.

Begum Rokeya was an inspiring figure who contributed much to the struggle to liberate women from the bondage of social malaises. Her life can be seen in the context of other social reformers within what was then India. To raise popular consciousness, especially among women, she wrote a number of articles, stories and novels, mostly in Bengali.

Rokeya used humor, irony, and satire to focus attention on the injustices faced by Bengali-speaking Muslim women. She criticized oppressive social customs forced upon women that were based upon a corrupted ve ...more

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Average rating: 3.92 · 4,209 ratings · 661 reviews · 46 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sultana's Dream by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Durga Bai (Illustrations), Roquia Sakhawat Hussain 3.89 avg rating — 2,406 ratings — published 1905 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sultana's Dream: A Feminist Utopia and Selections from The Secluded Ones by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Roushan Jahan (Translator, Editor), Hanna Papanek (Afterword) 3.95 avg rating — 486 ratings — published 1905 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	অবরোধ-বাসিনী 4.27 avg rating — 435 ratings — published 1931 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sultana's Dream and Padmarag 3.87 avg rating — 332 ratings — published 2005 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	O Sonho da Sultana/O Bebê de Desirée by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Kate Chopin 4.08 avg rating — 86 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	মতিচূর 4.01 avg rating — 72 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	পদ্মরাগ 3.93 avg rating — 44 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	মতিচূর প্রথম খন্ড 4.03 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1904 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Freedom Fables: Satire and Politics in Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain's Writings by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Kalyani Dutta (Translation) 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Quotes by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (?)

“Why do you allow yourselves to be shut up?'

'Because it cannot be helped as they are stronger than women.'

'A lion is stronger than a man, but it does not enable him to dominate the human race. You have neglected the duty you owe to yourselves and you have lost your natural rights by shutting your eyes to your own interests.”
― Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Sultana's Dream

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“Your kitchen is not inferior to a queen's boudoir!' I replied with a pleasant smile, 'but we must leave it now; for the gentlemen may be cursing me for keeping them away from their duties in the kitchen so long.' We both laughed heartily.”
― Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Sultana's Dream

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“When the heat of summer becomes unbearable, it is then that the clouds rain water.”
― Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Sultana's Dream and Padmarag

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December 2025 - Short Story/Novella Poll

A Clean Well-Lighted Place by Ernest Hemingway

27 votes, 22.0%

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Closely Watched Trains by Bohumil Hrabal

11 votes, 8.9%

Jamilia by Chingiz Aitmatov

7 votes, 5.7%

Sultana's Dream by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain

4 votes, 3.3%

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4 votes, 3.3%

A Silver Dish by Saul Bellow

0 votes, 0.0%

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