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My work is a necklace of hot burning coals, says Daud Sharifa

Daud Sharifa Khanam / Photo credit: Infochange

07.05.2008 Durgabai Deshmukh Award winner Daud Sharifa Khanam from southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu provided Muslim women a platform to challenge the oppressive patriarchal system. For this, she has had to face the ire of Muslim clerics. She was hated, abused and threatened but she never gave up the fight.

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Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Gender] [Culture] [Ethics & value systems]

Image: Daud Sharifa Khanam / Photo credit: Infochange