This project was initiated in 2011 with the assistance of the Fund for Global Human Rights (FGHR), USA. The research conducted through this project spanned locations across districts Multan, Lahore, Bahawalpur, and Kasur. Through interviews, life history naratives, and Focus Group Discussions (FGD's), data were collected from single (widows, divorcees,...
Fatima Mernissi, Simorgh 1987 Fatima Mernissi was born in 1940 in Fez, a medieval Muslim centre in Morocco. She is a feminist scholar and a well-known figure in North Africa, and is a recognized authority on questions of women in Islam both in the Arab World...
Fatima Mernissi, Simorgh 1987 Fatima Mernissi is a well-known feminist scholar. She has contributed to the discussion on women in Islam both in the Arab world and internationally. This book, originally delivered as a conference paper, addresses itself to a series of related questions Who is...
Fatima Mernissi, Simorgh 1989 Fatima Mernissi’s paper on ‘Women in Muslim History – Traditional Perspective and New Strategies’focuses on the discrepancy between the very positive image of women in Muslim history and their equally low image in the contemporary Muslim world. The aim of this paper is...
Fatima Mernissi, Simorgh 1991 Another wonderful book by Fatima Mernissi, this book addresses the age-old debate within Islam regarding the rights of women to head a state. Scholars are divided in their opinion on this issue.In so far as Muslim history is concerned, women have been...
Anjana Raza, Simorgh 1995 The idea of the Trinjan Quilt Project, for Pakistan, was drawn from a folktale from Punjab. According to the story a group of village women together had created a space for support, where they had shared ideas as well as work –...