Till then Urdu ghazals and poetry were considered a medium of male-dominated society to marvel at the beauty of women, while often stereo typing them as ' cruel beloved'. The contribution of female poetess' in ameliorating the plight of women in Pakistan was recalled recently by Saif Mahmood of the South Asia Alliance for Literature, Art and Culture (SAALARC). "Earlier Urdu poetry always used to be woman-centric. It was filled with descriptions of women. Kishwar Naheed is among the best-known contemporary woman poets of Pakistan who "advocated the freedom of women." Mahmood recited gazals penned by female Urdu poets at an event held here recently dedicated to 'Feminism Beyond Boundaries' and inspired by 20th Century Pakistani gazal writer Kishwar Naheed's 'Hum Gunahgaar Auratein: We Sinful Women'.Įither the woman was a cruel beloved or she used to be the one whose beauty can’t be described in words," said Mahmood. "Her poetry insists for the rights for women in Pakistan," said Mahmood.īorn in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh and moving to Lahore in Pakistan, Kishwar had to fight to receive education as most women did not go to school then. "Although European and American feminism started way earlier, the significance of women poets in the Urdu poetry is that it changed the course of ghazal in some way. What makes these women really special is the fact that they spoke so boldly on various issues," Mahmood said.
"For another feminist Parveen Shakir 'ghazalyaat' was her feminine perspective on love and romance, beauty, intimacy, separation, break-ups, distances, distrust and infidelity and disloyalty at a time when Pakistan was under dictatorial rule," he said. In the 19th century, there were many male poets who wrote on the emancipation of women and spoke of "equal right".Īltaf Hussain Hali is one such poet who talks about female foeticide in his ghazals.
Many ghazal writers also condemned purdah and sati.
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