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Fascinating - originally written as a self-challenge to show her husband her English skills and try a form beyond her usual essays.

Rokeya’s short story “Sultana’s Dream” is mind-altering, exploring a matriarchal society that flips the practice of purdah onto men. The writing is clear cut and convincing, making the concept feel as natural and beneficial to society as water.

The accompanying essays were educative, shining a light on purdah and its related politics among Muslims and Hindus. And celebrates Rokeya’s activist life.

Ch4--God will judge between you all on resurrection day;