Rafia Zakaria

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Rafia Zakaria is an American attorney, feminist, journalist, and author.[1] Zakaria is a columnist for Dawn. She has written for The Nation, Guardian Books, The New Republic, The Baffler, Boston Review, and Al Jazeera.[2] In 2021, she published a book entitled Against White Feminism, in which she critiques the emphasis that conventional feminist thought places on the experiences of white women while excluding women of color.[1]

Biography[]

Zakaria was born in Karachi, Pakistan, and was forced into an arranged marriage at 17 to a Pakistani-American man.[3] Zakaria fled from her abusive husband in 2002 when she was 25. She entered law school and earned a postgraduate degree in political philosophy.[4] Zakaria is a Muslim and identifies as a Muslim feminist.[5] She has worked on behalf of victims of domestic abuse.[3] In her 2021 book Against White Feminism, she critiques the emphasis that conventional feminist thought places on the experiences of white women while excluding women of color.[6] The book was the subject of reviews by The Guardian[7] and the online magazine The Arts Fuse.[8]

Works[]

  • The Upstairs Wife: An Intimate History of Pakistan. Boston: Beacon Press. 2016. ISBN 978-0807080467.
  • Veil (Object Lessons). London: Bloomsbury Academic. 2017. ISBN 978-1501322778.
  • Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. 2021. ISBN 978-1324006619.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Rafia Zakaria's 'Against White Feminism' is 'not a scolding but an invitation'". Los Angeles Times. 2021-08-31. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  2. ^ "Rafia Zakaria | Al Jazeera News | Today's latest from Al Jazeera". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  3. ^ a b "An Indies Introduce Debut Author Q&A with Rafia Zakaria". the American Booksellers Association. 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  4. ^ "Rafia Zakaria: 'A lot of white female professors told me to quit'". The Guardian. 2021-08-28. Retrieved 2021-10-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Muslim Feminists Rewrite Boundaries On The Street And At Home". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  6. ^ "Renowned author Rafia Zakaria to speak at NU-Q". Gulf Times. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  7. ^ "'White feminists' are under attack from other women. There can only be one winner – men". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  8. ^ "Book Review: Critiquing White Supremacy — "Against White Feminism"". The Arts Fuse. Retrieved 2021-10-21.


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