Sisters of the Desert Sun Read "Sultana's Dream"

For October, Sisters of the Desert Sun will be reading Sultana's Dream:A Feminist Utopia and Selections from The Secluded Ones by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossein.  Our discussion will take place during the Komen Race for the Cure and our annual brunch afterwards.  For more information please e-mail us at sistersofthedesertsun@gmail.com.

From the Publisher

Sultana’s Dream, first published in 1905 in a Madras English newspaper, is a witty feminist utopia—a tale of reverse purdah that posits a world in which men are confined indoors and women have taken over the public sphere, ending a war nonviolently and restoring health and beauty to the world.

"The Secluded Ones" is a selection of short sketches, first published in Bengali newspapers, illuminating the cruel and comic realities of life in purdah.

Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (1880 - 1932) was a Bengali Muslim writer and feminist activist who founded the first Muslim girls’ school in Calcutta in 1911.