Watch this Pakistani woman slam the patriarchy with her slam poetry


A tribute to Qandeel Baloch is doing the rounds of the web this week, and it tells all oppressors of ladies - in dazzling, expressive form - to back off.

A hammer sonnet by artist Areesha Khwaja, the video titled 'Take a stab at beating me delicately: a pummel ballad' takes its title from the Council of Islamic Ideology's proposed "display" Women Protection Bill that prescribed that a man be permitted to "softly beat" his significant other.

In the lyric, Areesha stresses that ladies should be viewed as individuals before whatever else: 'Before being your sister, before being your girl, before being your significant other, before being a lady; I am human.'



She outlines the sonnet as a tribute to Qandeel, saying that "I think the underlying driver of respect murdering and any manhandle of this kind is the conviction that ladies are simply a property of men and they can do anything they'd like with them. Both these things are totally interwoven and must be tended to along these lines."

She included, with reference to the proposed charge, "At whatever point ladies [especially in Pakistan] go to bat for their rights, it's men instructing them to tone it down, [like all of a sudden they know everything a lady experiences in this general public a considerable measure superior to the lady herself], marking them with labels like "westernized" and "feminazi" in the piece of the world where, in the 21st century, we are as yet battling to simply be dealt with like people. I believe it's vital that we don't give these individuals a chance to stop us."

While the proposed bill was drafted in May, Areesha discharged this video after the murder of Qandeel Baloch.

"I chose to discharge this sonnet after Qandeel's merciless murder when all of a sudden numerous Pakistanis began to praise the murder of a pure, lady, since she was "shameless". It was stunning and extremely discouraging to see ladies mocking her without understanding that they can undoubtedly be a casualty of this culture themselves," she says.

The planning paid off and her lyric was generally welcomed.

"I got a great deal of support from everywhere throughout the world. This individual even informed me saying that he made his companions tune in to my ballad and was happy that they really got the message. He said even he was shocked when they concurred with him since they never discussed such a vital theme," Areesha says.

"What fulfilled me exceptionally is that individuals are really starting to discuss the points which were viewed as forbidden quite recently. I felt that as a craftsman I really am having my influence and even amidst these dim circumstances, I trust everybody makes a stride towards an all the more tolerating, understanding and pluralistic culture," she includes.
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