<h4>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.</h4>

Rafia Zakaria

The Feminism of Resilience: Shirin Neshat at the Hirshhorn

"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." — Frank Zappa

Art &amp; Architecture

Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now

Defining the Dissident

"You always admire what you really don't understand."
— Blaise Pascal

Religion

"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins

Politics

Writing While Muslim: The Freedom to Be Offended

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.