Zahida Ahmed

The Rhythm of My Soul: Pakistani Women, in Their Own Words. Zahida Ahmed

"This book is kaleidoscope of the lives of Pakistani women, living
their daily lives?
?But I had to fi nd the voice to do so, in fact, I had not only to fi nd a
voice in a literary sense. I had to learn to speak?fi rst of all acknowledging
that the Pakistani women?s experiences had never been represented or
acknowledged. We are not recognized for who we are. We needed a
vocabulary to bring us out of the shadows.?
?My choice of these particular women was the peculiar mixture
of fragility and courage I sensed in them, and a willingness to share
their experiences.
Initially, they felt they had nothing of any consequence to say. ?I have
lived a very ordinary life, nothing special that is worth mentioning, was
their initial response, but as their stories began to unfold revealing a saga
of silent metamorphosis; their journey towards self discovery had begun.
They had a world to say and the world needed them to say it.?"