🧠 Facilitated by aqui Thami & Everstory
📅 Saturday, 3 May
🕥 10.00 AM – 2.00 PM
📍 Sister Library at the Lakmahal Community Library
📚 This is an invitation to gather, read, and imagine. We’ll begin with a shared reading of Sultana’s Dream, a visionary short story written in 1905 by Bengali feminist and social reformer Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain. Often described as the first feminist utopian sci-fi, it flips patriarchal norms—placing women at the center of science, governance, and social harmony.
🎨 After reading and reflecting together, we’ll move into a zine-making workshop where we explore our own visions of a feminist utopia through collage, drawing, and writing.
💭 We’ll ask ourselves:
What does my feminist utopia look like?
What would a world shaped by care, equity, and collective power feel like?
What does joy, safety, or justice look like in your dream society?
👐 Together, we’ll make small, hand-crafted zines—tiny portals into radical possibilities.
🎒 No prior experience needed. All materials provided. All genders welcome.
📩 Limited capacity. Register now by emailing: events@alliancefrancaise.lk
📸 Image credit: Portrait of aqui Thami provided by the artist; Background illustration adapted from the cover of ‘Sultana’s Dream and Padmarag’ by Rokeya Hossain (Penguin Random House, 2022)
