Iman Iftikhar is an MPhil in Political Theory at the DPIR at Oxford. A Rhodes Scholar from Pakistan, Iman did her undergraduate degrees in History and Philosophy from Yale University before joining Oxford. As an MPhil student, Iman works on critical theory, history of political thought and postcolonial feminism(s) with a focus on South Asia. She is also the Chief Editor at South Asian Avant-Garde (SAAG) magazine and a returning fellow at Kitab Ghar Lahore.
May 25, 2026
Witches continue to inspire literary imaginations, whether in the form of supernatural entities (with or without cauldrons) or simply regular women demanding agency and labelled as ‘witchy’ troublemakers. Inspired by some of the titles on the 2026 International Booker Prize longlist, Iman Iftikhar muses on the recurrence of this motif and its emancipatory possibilities.
Dec 26, 2025
The 2025 Booker Prize went to David Szalay for Flesh, his novel depicting the classic ‘man-of-few-words’ adapted for the 21st century. What is it about a brooding male hero, victim to primitivity and the pressures of the economy, that makes everyone yearn though? Must we always be left wanting of men?
Sep 01, 2025
In 𝘈 𝘚𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, Dur e Aziz Amna’s second novel, she writes about Tara, a woman who, like her name, is chasing a star or trying to become one.
Apr 21, 2025
Nobel Prize Winner Han Kang’s oeuvre may be celebrated due to her status as a novelist “for the times”, but what separates her work from the rest is her filial devotion to other humans, especially women