Rokeya Day

Special 145 years on, Bangladesh’s Gen Z honors Begum Rokeya, author of first feminist utopia

145 years on, Bangladesh’s Gen Z honors Begum Rokeya, author of first feminist utopia

  • Begum Rokeya was one of the earliest voices for women’s rights and education in South Asia
  • Her Sakhawat Memorial Girls’ School was one of the first schools for Muslim girls in Bengal
By SHEHAB SUMON ·