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(3+7) (Q&A) WITH RAFIA ZAKARIA ON HER BOOK, THE UPSTAIRS WIFE

(3+7) (Q&A) WITH RAFIA ZAKARIA ON HER BOOK, THE UPSTAIRS WIFE

Rarely is sexism considered to be a menace akin to that of sectarianism in Pakistan. It's even rarer that the omission of the country's most marginalized from their place within classrooms and within textbooks is called into question. In her book, The Upstairs Wife: An Intimate History of Pakistan, Rafia Zakaria does both.