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Sadaf Raza
Sadaf Raza is a writer and a rights activist from Pakistan. Her first collection of poems Like a Sleepwalker” was published in 2003, and brought many reviews from acclaimed writers of South Asia. Ideas for Life Trust has published the second collection of poems by Sadaf Raza, ‘Write me in red’. In this collection, she talks about violence against women and in doing so she becomes the voice of the women who suffer and stay quiet. She as a writer talks boldly about the issues which people in general are reluctant to talk about.

The collection carries reviews by the renowned, writers, activists and intellectuals. Defining her work, Iftikhar Arif, says ‘Drawing the transformations of feminine, feminist and female writers Sadaf Raza is blend of both feminist and female writer of modern times’. While Harris Khalique talking about the use of imagery, he says: ‘Write me in Red’ flows. The haunting imagery and astounding similes capture the changing season of anguish in a woman’s life. The colours of her voice splash across the canvas of our being.’