Rafia Zakaria is an attorney, a political philosopher and the author of The Upstairs Wife: An Intimate History of Pakistan (Beacon 2015). She is a columnist for Dawn Pakistan and Al Jazeera America.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
The Feminism of Resilience: Shirin Neshat at the Hirshhorn
The exhibition "Facing History: Shirin Neshat" provokes a more complex conversation about Iran and the United States than has been possible in decades past....
Defining the Dissident
Hirsi Ali is not a dissident — she effectively deploys her past for maximum gain in the divisive political realities of her present....
Writing While Muslim: The Freedom to Be Offended
Why am I told that by opposing the free speech award, I fail to prove myself as the "good" Muslim, vocally secular and eager to clap hard for Charlie Hebdo?...
