The performance on Friday, March 3 will be followed by a Q&A with the artists. This production embodies the outrage and tenderness encapsulated in the concentrated language of poetry and dance. First published in 1990 in Lahore, Pakistan, and in 1991 in London, the ground-breaking collection of poetry, WE SINFUL WOMEN (edited by Rukhsana Ahmad), gave a glimpse of the situation in which women had few rights, and their dance and poetry were considered blasphemous. Currently she is working on Letting Go, a new play for. Urdu feminist poetry translated and edited by Rukhsana Ahmad published in. Her translations from Urdu include We Sinful Women, and Altaf Fatimas novel, The One Who Did Not Ask. Protesting the suffocating repression in their physical and emotional lives, these poets courageously wrote with both confrontational anger and ecstatic lyricism. We Sinful Women gave its title to a ground breaking anthology of contemporary. Patrik seeks to give voice, through melody and movement, to the words of the female Urdu poets Ishrat Aafreen, Kishwar Naheed, and Fahmida Riaz. I thought you might be interested in this item at Title: We sinful women : contemporary Urdu feminist poetry Author: Rukhsana Ahmad Publisher: London : The Womens Press, 1991. Rukhsana Ahmads inspiring book will appeal to all women caught in the religious and cultural conflicts of our time and to readers interested in sexual politics. Mn Mel presented a show based on a celebration of contemporary Urdu poetry by renowned Pakistani women poets and was combined with music, performance and song. WE SINFUL WOMEN is a new work by Janaki Patrik, Founder & Artistic Director of The Kathak Ensemble & Friends. In 1995, Dominic Rai adapted We Sinful Women, translated and edited by Rukhsana Ahmad (Women’s Press, 1991) for the stage. Community ACCESS provides subsidized off-season rental opportunities for Danspace Project community members.

We Sinful Women by Rukhsana Ahmad