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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%BA%D9%88%D9%85_%D8%B1%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="بيغوم رقية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="بيغوم رقية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE" title="বেগম ৰোকেয়া – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="বেগম ৰোকেয়া" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE" title="বেগম রোকেয়া – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="বেগম রোকেয়া" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begum_Rokeya" title="Begum Rokeya – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Begum Rokeya" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rokeya_Sakhawat_Hussain" title="Rokeya Sakhawat Hussain – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Rokeya Sakhawat Hussain" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roquia_Sakhawat_Hussain" title="Roquia Sakhawat Hussain – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Roquia Sakhawat Hussain" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begum_Rokeya" title="Begum Rokeya – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Begum Rokeya" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rokeya_Sakhawat_Hussain" title="Rokeya Sakhawat Hussain – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Rokeya Sakhawat Hussain" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begum_Rokeya" title="Begum Rokeya – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Begum Rokeya" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%82%DB%8C%D9%87_%D8%A8%DB%8C%DA%AF%D9%85" title="رقیه بیگم – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="رقیه بیگم" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rokeya_Sakhawat_Hussain" title="Rokeya Sakhawat Hussain – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Rokeya Sakhawat Hussain" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ff mw-list-item"><a href="https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begum_Rokeya" title="Begum Rokeya – Fula" lang="ff" hreflang="ff" data-title="Begum Rokeya" data-language-autonym="Fulfulde" data-language-local-name="Fula" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fulfulde</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roqeyya_Sakh%C4%81wat_Hussain" title="Roqeyya Sakhāwat Hussain – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Roqeyya Sakhāwat Hussain" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%A5%D5%A3%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4_%D5%8C%D5%B8%D5%AF%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%A1" title="Բեգում Ռոկեյա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բեգում Ռոկեյա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE" title="बेगम रुक़य्या – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="बेगम रुक़य्या" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roquia_Sakhawat_Hussain" title="Roquia Sakhawat Hussain – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Roquia Sakhawat Hussain" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begum_Rokeya" title="Begum Rokeya – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Begum Rokeya" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE" title="बेगम रुकय्या – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="बेगम रुकय्या" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%82_%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE" title="ബേഗം റുക്കയാ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ബേഗം റുക്കയാ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a 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class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Rokeya Khatun</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1880-12-09</span>)</span>9 December 1880<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Mithapukur_Upazila" title="Mithapukur Upazila">Pairaband</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bengal_Presidency" title="Bengal Presidency">Bengal Presidency</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British India</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Rangpur_Division" title="Rangpur Division">Rangpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">9 December 1932<span style="display:none">(1932-12-09)</span> (aged 52)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Calcutta" class="mw-redirect" title="Calcutta">Calcutta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bengal_Presidency" title="Bengal Presidency">Bengal Presidency</a>, British India (now <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>, India)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label">Kolkata, West Bengal, India</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other names</th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain</li> <li>R. S. Hossain</li> <li>Rokeya Khatoon</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Writer, Feminist Thinker, Educator, Activist</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Khan Bahadur Sakhawat Hossain</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1898; died 1909)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Karimunnesa_Khanam_Chaudhurani" title="Karimunnesa Khanam Chaudhurani">Karimunnesa Khanam Chaudhurani</a> (sister)<br /><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Karim_Ghaznavi" title="Abdul Karim Ghaznavi">Abdul Karim Ghaznavi</a> (nephew)<br /><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Halim_Ghaznavi" title="Abdul Halim Ghaznavi">Abdul Halim Ghaznavi</a> (nephew)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain</b><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (9 December 1880<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – 9 December 1932), commonly known as <b>Begum Rokeya</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was a prominent <a href="/wiki/Bengalis" title="Bengalis">Bengali</a> feminist thinker, writer, educator and political activist from <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British India</a>. She is widely regarded as a pioneer of <a href="/wiki/Feminist_movement" title="Feminist movement">women's liberation</a> in Bangladesh and India. </p><p>She advocated for men and women to be treated equally as rational beings, noting that the lack of education for women was responsible for their inferior economic position.<sup id="cite_ref-azad_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-azad-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her major works include <i>Matichur</i> (A String of Sweet Pearls, 1904 and 1922), a collection of essays in two volumes expressing her feminist thoughts; <i><a href="/wiki/Sultana%27s_Dream" title="Sultana's Dream">Sultana's Dream</a></i> (1908), a feminist science fiction novella set in Ladyland ruled by women; <i>Padmarag</i> ("Essence of the Lotus", 1924) depicting the difficulties faced by Bengali wives;<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>Abarodhbasini</i> (The Confined Women, 1931), a spirited attack on the extreme forms of purdah that endangered women's lives and self-image.<sup id="cite_ref-bpedia_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bpedia-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rokeya held education to be the central precondition of women's liberation, establishing the first school aimed primarily at Muslim girls in Kolkata. She is said to have gone from house to house persuading the parents to send their girls to her school in Nisha. Until her death, she ran the school despite facing hostile criticism and social obstacles.<sup id="cite_ref-bpedia_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bpedia-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1916, she founded the Muslim Women's Association, an organization that fought for women's education and employment.<sup id="cite_ref-bpedia_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bpedia-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sewall_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sewall-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1926, Rokeya presided over the Bengal Women's Education Conference convened in <a href="/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a>, the first significant attempt to bring women together in support of women's education rights.<sup id="cite_ref-Sewall_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sewall-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was engaged in debates and conferences regarding the advancement of women until her death on 9 December 1932, shortly after presiding over a session during the Indian Women's Conference.<sup id="cite_ref-Sewall_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sewall-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a> observes <a href="/wiki/Rokeya_Day" title="Rokeya Day">Rokeya Day</a> on 9 December every year to commemorate her works and legacy.<sup id="cite_ref-star2_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-star2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On that day, Bangladesh government also confers <a href="/wiki/Begum_Rokeya_Padak" title="Begum Rokeya Padak">Begum Rokeya Padak</a> on individual women for their exceptional achievement.<sup id="cite_ref-Tribune1_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tribune1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2004, Rokeya was ranked number 6 in BBC's poll of the <a href="/wiki/Greatest_Bengali_of_all_time" class="mw-redirect" title="Greatest Bengali of all time">Greatest Bengali of all time</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background_and_family">Background and family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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pictured in 2012.</figcaption></figure> <p>Rokeya was born in 1880, to an aristocratic <a href="/wiki/Bengali_Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengali Muslim">Bengali Muslim</a> family in the village of Pairaband, <a href="/wiki/Rangpur_District" title="Rangpur District">Rangpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bengal_Presidency" title="Bengal Presidency">Bengal Presidency</a>, (erstwhile undivided <a href="/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal">Bengal</a>) .<sup id="cite_ref-bpedia_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bpedia-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her ancestors had migrated from <a href="/wiki/Tabriz" title="Tabriz">Tabriz</a> in <a href="/wiki/Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Persia">Iran</a> to create fortune in <a href="/wiki/Indian_subcontinent" title="Indian subcontinent">India</a> and had established a <i><a href="/wiki/Zamindars_of_Bengal" title="Zamindars of Bengal">zamindari</a></i> in <a href="/wiki/Rangpur_District" title="Rangpur District">Rangpur</a>, they had served in the military and judiciary during the <a href="/wiki/Bengal_Subah" title="Bengal Subah">Mughal regime</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bpedia_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bpedia-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her father, Zahiruddin Muhammad Abu Ali Haidar Saber, was a <i><a href="/wiki/Zamindar" title="Zamindar">zamindar</a></i> and a multi-lingual intellectual.<sup id="cite_ref-bpedia_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bpedia-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He married four times; his marriage to Rahatunnessa Sabera Chaudhurani resulted in the birth of Rokeya, who had two sisters and three brothers, one of whom died in childhood. Rokeya's eldest brother Ibrahim Saber, and her immediate elder sister <a href="/wiki/Karimunnesa_Khanam_Chaudhurani" title="Karimunnesa Khanam Chaudhurani">Karimunnesa Khanam Chaudhurani</a>, both had a major influence on her life. Karimunnesa wanted to study <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>, the language of the majority in <a href="/wiki/Bengali_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengali people">Bengali people</a>, against her family's wish who preferred to use <a href="/wiki/Arabic" title="Arabic">Arabic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a> as the media of education and communication. Ibrahim taught English and Bengali to Rokeya and Karimunnesa.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Karimunnesa married at the age of fourteen and later became a poetess. Both of her sons, <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Karim_Ghaznavi" title="Abdul Karim Ghaznavi">Abdul Karim Ghaznavi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Halim_Ghaznavi" title="Abdul Halim Ghaznavi">Abdul Halim Ghaznavi</a>, became politicians and occupied ministerial portfolios under British authorities.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Marriage">Marriage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Begum_Rokeya&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Marriage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BegumRokeyaWithHusband.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/BegumRokeyaWithHusband.jpg/220px-BegumRokeyaWithHusband.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="268" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/BegumRokeyaWithHusband.jpg/330px-BegumRokeyaWithHusband.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/BegumRokeyaWithHusband.jpg 2x" data-file-width="420" data-file-height="512" /></a><figcaption>Rokeya with her husband, Sakhawat Hossain (1898)</figcaption></figure> <p>Rokeya married at the age of 18, in 1898 to 38-year-old Khan Bahadur Sakhawat Hossain. He was an <a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a>-speaking deputy magistrate of <a href="/wiki/Bhagalpur_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhagalpur District">Bhagalpur</a> (a present-day district of <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a> state). He earned his <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science_in_Agriculture" class="mw-redirect" title="Bachelor of Science in Agriculture">bachelor of agriculture</a> degree from England and was a member of <a href="/wiki/Royal_Agricultural_Society_of_England" title="Royal Agricultural Society of England">Royal Agricultural Society of England</a>. He married Rokeya after the death of his first wife. As a liberal, he encouraged Rokeya to continue learning Bengali and English. He also encouraged her to write, and on his advice, she adopted Bengali as the principal language for her literary works.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Rokeya wrote <i><a href="/wiki/Sultana%27s_Dream" title="Sultana's Dream">Sultana's Dream</a></i> (1908) before her husband died in 1909. In <i>Sultana's Dream</i>, Rokeya wrote reversing the roles of men and women in which women were the dominant sex and the men were subordinate and confined to the mandana (the male equivalent of the zenana). She also depicts an alternative, feminist vision of science, in which inventions such as <a href="/wiki/Solar_ovens" class="mw-redirect" title="Solar ovens">solar ovens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flying_cars" class="mw-redirect" title="Flying cars">flying cars</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Air_well_(condenser)" title="Air well (condenser)">cloud condensers</a> are used to benefit the whole of society.<sup id="cite_ref-Lewton_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lewton-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sultana_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sultana-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is regarded as a notable and influential satire. She wrote regularly for the <i><a href="/wiki/Saogat" title="Saogat">Saogat</a></i>, <i>Mahammadi</i>, <i>Nabaprabha</i>, <i>Mahila</i>, <i>Bharatmahila</i>, <i>Al-Eslam</i>, <i>Nawroz</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Mahe_Nao" title="Mahe Nao">Mahe Nao</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Bangiya_Mussalman_Sahitya_Samiti#Publication" title="Bangiya Mussalman Sahitya Samiti">Bangiya Musalman Sahitya Patrika</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Musalman" title="The Musalman">The Mussalman</a></i>, <i>Indian Ladies Magazine</i> and others.<sup id="cite_ref-bpedia_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bpedia-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Five months after Rokeya's husband's death, she established a high school, naming it <a href="/wiki/Sakhawat_Memorial_Girls%27_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Sakhawat Memorial Girls' High School">Sakhawat Memorial Girls' High School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It started in Bhagalpur, a traditionally Urdu-speaking area, with five students. A dispute with her husband's family over property forced her to move the school in 1911 to <a href="/wiki/Calcutta" class="mw-redirect" title="Calcutta">Calcutta</a>, a Bengali-speaking area.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She ran the school for 24 years.<sup id="cite_ref-bpedia_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bpedia-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rokeya founded the Anjuman-e-Khawateen-e-Islam (Islamic Women's Association), which was active in holding debates and conferences regarding the status of women and education. She advocated reform, particularly for women, and believed that parochialism and excessive conservatism were principally responsible for the relatively slow development of Muslims in <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British India</a>. Anjuman-e-Khawateen-e-Islam organised events for social reforms based on the original teachings of Islam that, according to her, were lost. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literary_style">Literary style</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Begum_Rokeya&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Literary style"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rokeya wrote in a number of genres: short stories, poems, essays, novels and satirical writings. She developed a distinctive literary style, characterised by creativity, logic and a wry sense of humour. She started writing in the <i><a href="/wiki/Nabanoor" title="Nabanoor">Nabanoor</a></i> from about 1903, under the name of Mrs R S Hossain. However, there is an opinion that her first published writing <i>Pipasa</i> appeared in the <i>Nabaprabha</i> in 1902. Her writings called upon women to protest against injustices and break the social barriers that discriminated against them.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Novels_written_by_Begum_Rokeya">Novels written by Begum Rokeya</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Begum_Rokeya&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Novels written by Begum Rokeya"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:20%; ; font-size: 85%;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>Whenever any woman tries to raise her head, weapons in the form of religions or holy scriptures strike her head. … Men propagate those scriptures as God's commandments to subdue us in darkness. … Those scriptures are nothing but systems constructed by men. The words we listen from male saints would be different if they were spoken by female saints. … Religions only tighten the yoke of servitude around women and justify male domination over women. </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">Rokeya in 1904<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></p> </div> <ul><li><i>Pipasha</i> ("Thirst") (1902)</li> <li><i>Matichur</i> 1st Vol. (Essays) (1904)</li> <li><i>Matichur</i> 2nd Vol. (Essays) (1922)</li></ul> <p><i>The second volume includes stories and fairy tales</i>: </p> <ul><li><i>Saurajagat</i> (The Solar System), <ul><li><i>Delicia Hatya</i> (translation of the Murder of Delicia – <a href="/wiki/Marie_Corelli" title="Marie Corelli">Marie Corelli</a>)</li> <li><i>Jnan-phal</i> (The Fruit of Knowledge)</li> <li><i>Nari-Srishti</i> (Creation of Women)</li> <li><i>Nurse Nelly</i></li> <li><i>Mukti-phal</i> (The Fruit of Emancipation)</li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sultana%27s_Dream" title="Sultana's Dream">Sultana's Dream</a></i> (1905)</li> <li><i>Padmarag</i> ("Essence of the Lotus") (novel) (1924)</li> <li><i>Abarodhbasini</i> ("The Secluded Women") (1931)</li> <li><i>Boligarto</i> (short story)</li> <li><i>Narir Adhikar</i> ("The Rights of Women"), an unfinished essay for the Islamic Women's Association</li> <li><i>God Gives, Man Robs</i> (1927)</li> <li><i>Education Ideals for the Modern Indian Girl</i> (1931)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death_and_legacy">Death and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Begum_Rokeya&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Death and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tomb_of_Begum_Rokea_04.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Tomb_of_Begum_Rokea_04.jpg/220px-Tomb_of_Begum_Rokea_04.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Tomb_of_Begum_Rokea_04.jpg/330px-Tomb_of_Begum_Rokea_04.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Tomb_of_Begum_Rokea_04.jpg/440px-Tomb_of_Begum_Rokea_04.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4128" data-file-height="3096" /></a><figcaption>Tomb of Rokeya in the campus of Panihati Girls' High School, <a href="/wiki/Sodepur" title="Sodepur">Sodepur</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Rokeya died of <a href="/wiki/Cardiovascular_disease" title="Cardiovascular disease">heart problems</a> on 9 December 1932, on her 52nd birthday. </p><p>9 December is celebrated as the Rokeya Day in Bangladesh. On 9 December 2017, <a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a> celebrated her 137th birthday, honoring her with a <a href="/wiki/Google_Doodle" title="Google Doodle">Google Doodle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rokeya's grave in <a href="/wiki/Sodepur" title="Sodepur">Sodepur</a> was rediscovered due to the efforts of the historian <a href="/wiki/Amalendu_De" title="Amalendu De">Amalendu De</a>. It is located inside the campus of Panihati Girls' High School, Panihati, Sodepur.<sup id="cite_ref-Barta_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barta-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Roquia_Sakhawat_Hussain.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Roquia_Sakhawat_Hussain.jpg/220px-Roquia_Sakhawat_Hussain.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Roquia_Sakhawat_Hussain.jpg/330px-Roquia_Sakhawat_Hussain.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Roquia_Sakhawat_Hussain.jpg/440px-Roquia_Sakhawat_Hussain.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Statue of Rokeya on the premises of Rokeya Hall, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Dhaka" title="University of Dhaka">University of Dhaka</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Rokeya is considered as the pioneer feminist of Bengal.<sup id="cite_ref-Tribune1_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tribune1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-star1_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-star1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Rubaiyat_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rubaiyat-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Universities, public buildings and a <i>National Award</i> has been named after her in Bangladesh.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was an inspiration for many later generation female authors including <a href="/wiki/Sufia_Kamal" title="Sufia Kamal">Sufia Kamal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tahmima_Anam" title="Tahmima Anam">Tahmima Anam</a>, and others.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eponyms">Eponyms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Begum_Rokeya&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Eponyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rokeya_Day" title="Rokeya Day">Begum Rokeya Day</a>, a commemoration of the birth and death anniversary of Rokeya, observed annually on 9 December in Bangladesh.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Begum_Rokeya_Padak" title="Begum Rokeya Padak">Begum Rokeya Padak</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladeshi</a> national honour conferred on individual women for their exceptional achievements.</li> <li>Begum Rokeya Memorial Center, an academic and cultural hub in Pairaband, <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Rokeya Shoroni, a <a href="/wiki/Road" title="Road">road</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dhaka" title="Dhaka">Dhaka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Begum_Rokeya_University,_Rangpur" title="Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur">Begum Rokeya University</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Public_university" title="Public university">public state university</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Rokeya Hall, the largest <a href="/wiki/Female" title="Female">female</a> residential hall of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Dhaka" title="University of Dhaka">University of Dhaka</a>. Even <a href="/wiki/Khulna_University_of_Engineering_and_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Khulna University of Engineering and Technology">Khulna University of Engineering and Technology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Agricultural_University" title="Bangladesh Agricultural University">Bangladesh Agricultural University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rajshahi_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajshahi University">Rajshahi University</a> also has a <a href="/wiki/Female" title="Female">female</a> residential hall named after Begum Rokeya.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakhawat_Memorial_Govt._Girls%27_High_School" title="Sakhawat Memorial Govt. Girls' High School">Sakhawat Memorial Govt. Girls' High School</a>, kolkata, West Bengal.</li> <li>Begum Rokeya Smriti Balika Vidalaya in Saltlake, <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Begum_Rokeya&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Though "Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain" (a romanized form of her married name in <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>: <span lang="bn">রোকেয়া সাখাওয়াত হোসেন</span>") is the commonly used spelling of Rokeya's full married name, Rokeya herself is never seen to use her full married name in this English spelling. In much of her correspondence in English, she used just her initials: 'R. S. Hossein' (also used on the cover of the 1st edition of <i>Sultana's Dream</i>). In some other correspondences in English, she used "Rokeya Khatun", or "Khatoon". In most of her correspondence in Bengali, she used just her first name "<span title="Bengali-language text"><span lang="bn">রোকেয়া</span></span>" (would be "Rokeya" if romanized).<sup id="cite_ref-Niaz_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Niaz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bpedia_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bpedia-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Though Rokeya's birthday is celebrated along with her death anniversary on 9 December, her birthday is more conjecture than a fact as it was not documented.<sup id="cite_ref-azad_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-azad-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The honorific "<a href="/wiki/Begum" title="Begum">Begum</a>" is not a part of Hossain's name; it is added as a feminine title of respect, primarily in the <a href="/wiki/Indian_subcontinent" title="Indian subcontinent">Indian subcontinent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Niaz_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Niaz-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Begum_Rokeya&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Niaz-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Niaz_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Niaz_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thedailystar.net/book-reviews/feminist-foremother-critical-essays-rokeya-sakhawat-hossain-1462744">"A Feminist Foremother: Critical Essays on Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain"</a>. <i>The Daily Star</i>. 16 September 2017. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231007123324/https://www.thedailystar.net/book-reviews/feminist-foremother-critical-essays-rokeya-sakhawat-hossain-1462744">Archived</a> from the original on 7 October 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Mahmudul (2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://irep.iium.edu.my/28243/1/marginalisation_of_muslim_writers_in_south_asian_literature.pdf">"Marginalisation of Muslim writers in South Asian literature: Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain's English works"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>South Asia Research</i>. <b>32</b> (3): 179–197. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0262728012469303">10.1177/0262728012469303</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0262-7280">0262-7280</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:7845825">7845825</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=South+Asia+Research&rft.atitle=Marginalisation+of+Muslim+writers+in+South+Asian+literature%3A+Rokeya+Sakhawat+Hossain%27s+English+works&rft.volume=32&rft.issue=3&rft.pages=179-197&rft.date=2012&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A7845825%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft.issn=0262-7280&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1177%2F0262728012469303&rft.au=Hasan%2C+Md.+Mahmudul&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Firep.iium.edu.my%2F28243%2F1%2Fmarginalisation_of_muslim_writers_in_south_asian_literature.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABegum+Rokeya" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://journals.iium.edu.my/asiatic">"Asiatic (see articles on Rokeya in 7.2 (December 2013) issue of the journal)"</a>. <i>journals.iium.edu.my/asiatic</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=journals.iium.edu.my%2Fasiatic&rft.atitle=Asiatic+%28see+articles+on+Rokeya+in+7.2+%28December+2013%29+issue+of+the+journal%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fjournals.iium.edu.my%2Fasiatic&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABegum+Rokeya" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180208180115/http://www.brill.com/essential-rokeya"><i>The Essential Rokeya: Selected Works of Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain</i></a>. 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