Rafia Zakaria

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The three self-made men in his new novel, “Run and Hide,” struggle for authenticity in a world of new money.

For the first time, female voters are set to outnumber male voters in the world's largest national election.

As the country heads to the polls, the current prime minister is declaring victory in his "Clean India" campaign. His party still won't acknowledge that the real problem is inequality.

The United States says it has a right to chase terrorists in other countries. Now, India is following suit—in Pakistan.

The case of Asia Bibi has become a symbol of ancient hatreds in Pakistan. The country's Supreme Court has the chance to put things to rights.

A new policy in India displays imperialism's disastrous aftershocks—but also the way in which legal language is increasingly used, around the globe, to mask what is in fact ethnic cleansing.

The appearance of suffering can do a lot to make a woman more palatable to voters—whether in Pakistan (in the recent case of Maryam Nawaz) or the United States.

It took a prince to end Saudi Arabia's ban on female drivers. Monarch-led feminism hasn't worked in the past. But this time might be different.

What denying asylum to victims of domestic abuse means, in real life

How a growing fashion for covering up could make feminism more inclusive.

Breaking the law made Manal Al-Sharif a women's rights advocate, she explains in her memoir "Daring to Drive."

A searching personal story, ‘Hunger’ defies a culture of thinness.

The stories in "Difficult Women" tackle the intimate realities of race and gender in America.

Eight writers on the meaning of Olympic sports. Part 7: Boxing.

Jessica Valenti's memoir refuses to blame the victims of sexual harassment.

On refusing to equate sexual pleasure with freedom.