Sultana’s Dream Saturday 3rd May

Imagining Radical Futures Together: “Sultana’s Dream” – Writing & Zine Making Workshop 

🧠 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: [email protected]

📸 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)

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