An Exploration of Multiple Subject Positions of Pakistani Women in Afzal Khan’s Memoir

Abstract

The present research article aims to explore Fawzi Afzal Khan’s memoir Lahore With Love Growing up With Girlfriends Pakistani Style while integrating theoretical framework presented by Islamic feminist scholars such as Mernissi, Moghissi, Kahf, khan and Zine. This research is qualitative in nature because it aims to view social reality regarding women as constantly shifting. The findings bring to light the presence of plurality and relativity in Pakistani’s women’s lives. Fawzia Afzal Khan is a postmodern author who is skeptic of the fixed identities and stereotypical roles of Pakistani women. The findings further reveal that Fawzia Afzal Khan has tried to depict the multiple subject positions of Pakistani women through the lives of her girlfriends. In this way she has presented an alternative herstory of Pakistan.