Victoria Levchenko’s Reviews > Sultana's Dream: A Feminist Utopia and Selections from The Secluded Ones > Status Update

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.