6 Nov 2021

Rafia Zakaria: recentering feminism around women of colour

From Saturday Morning, 10:05 am on 6 November 2021

Rafia Zakaria’s latest book of essays Against White Feminism bills itself as a counter-manifesto to “white feminism’s global, long-standing affinity with colonial, patriarchal, and white supremacist ideals”. Seeking to restructure our view of feminism, it puts women of colour at its centre, founded in Zakaria’s own experience as a Muslim women who came to the United States from Pakistan at age 17. 

 An attorney, writer and human rights activist Zakaria has worked on behalf of victims of domestic violence around the world. She is a columnist for Al Jazeera America, Ms., Dissent, and Dawn — Pakistan’s largest English-language newspaper. 

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