Sarah Waheed

Dr Sarah Waheed is an assistant professor of history at the University of South Carolina and a historian of South Asia. She is a cultural historian who explores empire, nationalism, colonialism, Islam, gender, and memory, with a particular focus on Muslim communities across the India-Pakistan divide.

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Chand Bibi and the forgotten history of Muslim women’s political resistance

7 HOUR(s)
In this interview with The Daily Star, historian Sarah Waheed, author of Chand Bibi: The Lives and Legends of a Warrior Queen, traces how oral legend, court chronicles and Deccani paintings kept her memory alive, and what her story reveals about the erased political power of Muslim women across South Asia.
7 HOUR(s)