Annemarie Schimmel has translated her poems into German. She raises her voice against misogyny and bias, and advocates the empowerment of women. Through her writings, Dawood highlights the oppression of women in a Pakistani society in the name of tradition. A bilingual (English and Urdu) collection of her selected poems, titled Fireworks on a Windowpane, was published in 2014.Īttiya Dawood is a celebrated Sindhi poet, writer, and activist, who has been hailed as ‘the most important feminist writer in Sindhi’ by Shaikh Ayaz. Her poems have been translated and anthologised in various countries. A collection of her ghazals, Sar-o-Barg-e-Aarzoo, was published in 2001. She started writing poetry, mostly prose poems, in the 1970s and has published seven collections so far: Undeikhi Lehrein (1982), Safar aur Qaidmein Nazmein (1992), Toofani Barishon mein Raqsan Sitare (1997), Zindigi mere Pairon se Lipat Jae Gi (2010), Nae Naam ki Mohabbat (2012), Hashyon mein Rang (2016) and Frame se Bahar (2016). Tanveer Anjum is a prominent Urdu poet and translator.
The conversation will revolve around their personal and political histories - bringing out the important intersections between political activism, feminist thought and creative work. The Saida Waheed Gender Initiative and the Gurmani Centre for Languages and Literature presentsĪ Talk by Sindhi Feminist Poets - Attiya Dawood, Tanveer Anjum and Amar Sindhu
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