Rokeya Day

Sister Library brings back ‘Sultana’s Dream’ and the chance to create one’s own utopia

The zine-making workshop was divided into four groups based on the central themes of Begum Rokeya’s story: arts, social justice, city planning and science & education.

Rokeya Day / Looking at present-day Bangladesh through Rokeya’s mirror

The key message in Rokeya’s writing is the need to ensure justice for all and in all aspects of life that include gender egalitarianism.

ROKEYA DAY / Brilliantly rejecting the notion of inferiority

Rokeya (English spelling used by her: Roquiah) was born circa 1880 (alternately 1878) to a declining aristocratic land-owning family in the village of Pyrabund, Rangpur in present-day Bangladesh.

December 21, 2022
December 21, 2022

Sister Library brings back ‘Sultana’s Dream’ and the chance to create one’s own utopia

The zine-making workshop was divided into four groups based on the central themes of Begum Rokeya’s story: arts, social justice, city planning and science & education.

December 9, 2022
December 9, 2022

Looking at present-day Bangladesh through Rokeya’s mirror

The key message in Rokeya’s writing is the need to ensure justice for all and in all aspects of life that include gender egalitarianism.

December 9, 2017
December 9, 2017

Brilliantly rejecting the notion of inferiority

Rokeya (English spelling used by her: Roquiah) was born circa 1880 (alternately 1878) to a declining aristocratic land-owning family in the village of Pyrabund, Rangpur in present-day Bangladesh.