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Abbasi Begum

Abbasi Begum occupies a foundational yet under-recognised position in the early history of Urdu fiction by Muslim women in colonial India. Writing during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries—a formative phase in the evolution of Urdu prose—she...

Imtiazi Begam

Imtiazi Begam, also widely known by her married name Begum Hijab Imtiaz Ali, was a remarkable and trailblazing figure in the 1930s who shattered conventions in both aviation and literature. A true pioneer, she challenged the restrictive societal norms of her time,...