Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (1880-1932) and Begum Sufia Kamal (1911-1999), two icons in Bangla literature and culture, were not kins but kindred spirits.
Taliban’s ban on women’s higher education will further harm the country
Her 1903 piece “Alonkar na badge of slavery” marked the start of Rokeya’s explicitly feminist writing.
My mother's preoccupation with women's education went beyond her family. She would help any woman wanting to advance herself, through education and through jobs.
Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (1880-1932) and Begum Sufia Kamal (1911-1999), two icons in Bangla literature and culture, were not kins but kindred spirits.
Taliban’s ban on women’s higher education will further harm the country
Her 1903 piece “Alonkar na badge of slavery” marked the start of Rokeya’s explicitly feminist writing.
My mother's preoccupation with women's education went beyond her family. She would help any woman wanting to advance herself, through education and through jobs.