Rukshana Ahmad

Munazza Yaqoob (International Islamic University Islamabad (Pakistan))

Ed. by Muneeza Shamsie, Independent Scholar - Asia
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.09: English Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary Britain , 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Gina Lyle (University of York), Graham MacPhee (University of Manchester), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Jenni Ramone (The Nottingham Trent University)

Dates

Born 1948

Places

Born in Pakistan
Active in England; Pakistan

Activities

Primary

Film/TV Script-writer/ Screenwriter
Playwright / Dramatist

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Ahmad's Works

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A passionate voice for social justice for diasporic Asian writers and communities in the UK, Rukhsana Ahmad is a British-based writer of Pakistani origin who emerged as “a strong feminist British Asian voice in the 1980s” (Shamsie, 524). She is a playwright, short story writer, poet, and translator, and has produced works which span various genres. As an expatriate author, Ahmad has "both experiences at her disposal”, which Christiane Schlote defines, using Paul Gilroy’s terms, as “grounded certainties of roots” and “transnational contingencies of routes” (87). Ahmad’s works question the impact of “racism, poverty, and patriarchy” on women’s lives in Pakistani and British society (88).

Rukhsana Ahmad was born in Karachi in 1948 and graduated from the University of

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Citation: Yaqoob, Munazza. "Rukshana Ahmad". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 26 October 2022 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14582, accessed 27 November 2024.]