This pioneering work presents a collection of contemporary English language stories by women of Pakistani origin. There is new fiction by well-known writers such as Rukhsana Ahmad, Tahira Naqvi, Fahmida Riaz, and Kamila Shamsie, as well as extracts from the novels of Uzma Aslam Khan, Feryal Ali Gauhar,Bapsi Sidwa and the memoirs of Sara Suleri. Over twenty women writers are represented...
The stories take the reader from NewYork on 9/11 to the villages of Pakistan and explore a host of issues ranging from gender, war, and identy to age-old custom and attitudes which shape their inner worlds.