Rafia Zakaria

Rafia Zakaria

Rafia Zakaria is an attorney and author of The Upstairs Wife: An Intimate History of Pakistan; and Veil. She is a columnist for Dawn in Pakistan and ... writes regularly for Guardian Books, The Nation, The New Republic, The Baffler, Boston Review and various other places.


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The lifting of the Saudi driving ban is not motivated by concern for women’s rights, but rather strategic interest.

Opinion by Rafia Zakaria
Published On 3 Oct 2017
Saudi driving ban

Bombing one corner of a country, while doling out aid in other parts will bring neither development nor peace.

Opinion by Rafia Zakaria
Published On 7 Jun 2017
US. army soldiers stand next a military vehicle in the town of Bartella
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