Feminist Archives - Heritage Times

featured posts Women

Bibi Ashraf : Who Learnt Reading & Writing By Herself To Teach Other Girls

September 29, 2020March 26, 2021 Saquib Salim 3 Comments 1857. letters, aurat, Begum Hijab, Bibi Ashraf, bijnaur, bijnor, courage, Education, Feminism, Feminist, gwalior, Lahore, muhammadi begum, progressive, Urdu, women rights, Writer

It was a hot and humid afternoon in the early 1850s in Banhera, Bijnor (U.P). A small girl, around 10

Begum Hijab Imtiaz Ali: The First Indian Muslim Pilot

September 13, 2020March 26, 2021 Saquib Salim 0 Comments Aviation, begum hijab imtiaz ali, begum hijab imtiyaz ali, Feminism, Feminist, first indian muslim pilot, first indian woman pilot, first muslim pilot, first pakistani pilot, hijab imtiaz ali, hijab imtiyaz ali, imtiaz ali, JRD Tata, lohore, muhammadi begum, mumtaz ali, Muslim Women, Rodabeh, Sylla, tata, tehzeeb-e-niswaan, urdu literature, Urmila, Urmila Parekh, Women

While flipping through the archives of newspapers and journals I came across an interesting name. ‘The International Women’s News’ reported

Freedom Fighter Freedom Movement Women

Amjadi Begum & Mohammad Ali: Lovers, Comrades & Nationalists

September 10, 2020March 26, 2021 Saquib Salim 1 Comment #AliGarh, #Jamia, Abadi Bano Begum, agndhi, Amjadi Begum, AMU, Bi Amma, dariyabadi, Feminism, Feminist, indian freedom struggle, mohamad ali, round table conference, Shaukat Ali, Women

Malcolm Hailey, Member Home of the Government of (British) India, while replying to a question regarding the Indian Freedom Movement

Rashid-un-Nisa : The first woman Urdu novelist

October 13, 2019October 20, 2019 Saquib Salim 1 Comment Education, Feminism, Feminist, Literature, Muslim, Muslim Women, Novel, Patna, Urdu, Woman

In 1894 when the novel was first published it did not have name of Rashid-un-Nisa as its author. Rather, which seems funny today, tragically author was mentioned as : Mother of Barrister Sulaiman, Daughter of Syed Wahiduddin Khan Bahadur and sister of Imdad Imam.

Translate »