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Bina Shah

Bina Shah

Bina Shah is a Karachi-based author of five novels and two collections of short stories. Her latest novel, Before She Sleeps, was published by Delphinium Books in August 2018. A regular contributor to The New York Times, Al Jazeera, The Huffington Post, and a frequent guest on the BBC, she has contributed essays and op-eds to Granta, The Independent, and The Guardian, and writes a regular op-ed column for Dawn, Pakistan’s biggest English-language newspaper. Sheworks on issues of women’s rights and female empowerment in Pakistan and across Muslim countries. In 2020 she was awarded the rank of Chevalier in the Ordre des arts et des lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. On Twitter: @BinaShah.

Articles by Bina Shah

Rafia Zakaria’s ‘Against White Feminism’ is a cathartic read for a non-white feminist
September 23, 2021

Rafia Zakaria’s ‘Against White Feminism’ is a cathartic read for a non-white feminist

Hating Malala is now ‘en vogue’ in Pakistan
June 24, 2021

Hating Malala is now ‘en vogue’ in Pakistan

Would a female president be a feminist for the world, or only for America?
July 12, 2019

Would a female president be a feminist for the world, or only for America?

Pakistan’s feminist revolution: the second generation
March 15, 2019

Pakistan’s feminist revolution: the second generation