Sadia Khatri
Sadia Khatri is a writer based in Karachi. They write across genres. Their work is often about gender, grief, and cities, both real and imagined. Sadia is also one of the founders of the feminist collective, Girls at Dhabas.
Friday 5th March
Rani ki Arsi
Arsi is a ring with a mirror in its center. The panel's title alludes to the fact that this is a mirror held by a woman, where she only sees fragments of herself. While we have a lot of female writers who write women-centric stories, these stories are more from the male gaze rather than the female gaze. The panel presents Pakistani women writers who reclaim that space and promote a feminine and feminist perspective. Meet writers who have eschewed the typical story (manic pixie dream girl characters) and look at women the way women see themselves.