Angry men have more power than Erica Robin. They, not her, are the ones who should stand down. Aisha Sarwari Published September 26, 2023 Listen to article Most women who build a career on their looks have a problem ageing. Former actresses and models talk about how hard...
Author Aisha Sarwari’s new memoir, Heart Tantrums: A Feminist’s Memoir on Mysogyny and Marriage, is likely to become an important work in world feminist literature. The author, feminist and women’s rights activist is a very powerful voice with an endearing sense of vulnerability. She answers some deeply...
These seasonal overviews of forthcoming books from university presses usually focus on public and topical concerns: technology, the election cycle, pandemic impacts and so on. But several titles appearing in the spring catalogs stand out as narratives of personal difficulty. The label “memoir” is probably more...
Human rights violations have spiked, but this 'honour killing' stands out, because the victim was seeking justice as she died Thu 29 May 2014 11.09 BST399 On 27 May 2014, as Farzana Parveen lay dead on the uneven floor of the Lahore high court, it was not...
ISLAMABAD: In a ceremony at the President’s Secretariat, President Arif Alvi awarded Coca-Cola Pakistan for its long-standing efforts on empowering women particularly in disadvantaged rural areas of Pakistan. Coca-Cola Pakistan proudly accepted the “Rising Women Award for Economical Impact” award from President Alvi in recognition of...
Watch Zindagi Tamasha for its beautiful and enchanting scroll, watch it to humanise the damned, watch it for its heart-breaking humanity, but most importantly, watch it because a Pakistani has made some damn good art. Aisha Sarwari Published August 28, 2023 Listen to article The difference between good...
An excerpt from ‘Heart Tantrums: A Feminist’s Memoir of Misogyny and Marriage’, by Aisha Sarwari. Aisha Sarwari Sep 12, 2023 · 01:30 pm Read in App Author Aisha Sarwari. I was a married woman now. Things sank in. I was married with children and Lahore was my home. I...
Heart Tantrums and Brain Tumours: A Tale of Misogyny, Marriage and Muslim FeminismBy Aisha SarwariC. Hurst & Co LtdISBN: 9781787388932320pp. The memoir is a particularly powerful storytelling tool, especially when the pen is wielded by those whose stories are not widely told or read or known,...
Aisha Sarwari’s memoir is an uneven book which is still worth reading because of its unflinching honesty. The effort in Heart Tantrums to look unflinchingly at issues that many women in the subcontinent face, makes it worth reading. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/ iStock That love can...
In writing about her life, Aisha Sarwari puts away every label of good and bad and labels them as mundanities. And even as miracles. Shubhangi Tiwari Oct 07, 2023 · 08:30 am Read in App Author Aisha Sarwari. Boy meets girl: the beginning of a story. Ever-afters follow, plural;...
