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Read the poem ‘We Sinful Women’ by Kishwar Naheed thoroughly and answer the questions that follow:


‘We Sinful Women’


It is we sinful women
who are not awed by the grandeur of those who wear gowns

who don’t sell our lives
who don’t bow our heads
who don’t fold our hands together.

It is we sinful women
while those who sell the harvests of our bodies
become exalted
become distinguished
become the just princes of the material world.

It is we sinful women
who come out raising the banner of truth
up against barricades of lies on the highways
who find stories of persecution piled on each threshold
who find that tongues which could speak have been severed.

It is we sinful women.
Now, even if the night gives chase
these eyes shall not be put out.
For the wall which has been razed
don’t insist now on raising it again.

It is we sinful women
who are not awed by the grandeur of those who wear gowns

who don’t sell our bodies
who don’t bow our heads
who don’t fold our hands together.


Respond to the questions given below:


Q. This seminal poem was both a revelation and incendiary at the time it was written by Kishwar Naheed. It is a declaration of the independence of women who did not subscribe to societal and cultural norms. These norms imposed on women are oppressive and confining, and for the most part still exist today in Pakistan.

Discuss the above statement in the light of the current situation in the Pakistani society. Justify your response by quoting examples from the poem as a reference. (5)
What characteristics of contemporary literature is highlighted in the poem “We Sinful women” written by Kishwar Naheed. (5)

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Read the poem ‘We Sinful Women’ by Kishwar Naheed thoroughly and answer the questions that follow:

‘We Sinful Women’

It is we sinful women

who are not awed by the grandeur of those who wear gowns

who don’t sell our lives

who don’t bow our heads

who don’t fold our hands together.

It is we sinful women

while those who sell the harvests of our bodies

become exalted

become distinguished

become the just princes of the material world.

It is we sinful women

who come out raising the banner of truth

up against barricades of lies on the highways

who find stories of persecution piled on each threshold

who find that tongues which could speak have been severed.

It is we sinful women.

Now, even if the night gives chase

these eyes shall not be put out.

For the wall which has been razed

don’t insist now on raising it again.

It is we sinful women

who are not awed by the grandeur of those who wear gowns

who don’t sell our bodies

who don’t bow our heads

who don’t fold our hands together.

Respond to the questions given below:

Q. This seminal poem was both a revelation and incendiary at the time it was written by Kishwar Naheed. It is a declaration of the independence of women who did not subscribe to societal and cultural norms. These norms imposed on women are oppressive and confining, and for the most part still exist today in Pakistan.

Discuss the above statement in the light of the current situation in the Pakistani society. Justify your response by quoting examples from the poem as a reference. (5)

What characteristics of contemporary literature is highlighted in the poem “We Sinful women” written by Kishwar Naheed. (5)

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