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Pashto tappay serve as a powerful mode of feminist expression through which displaced Pashtun women voice their pain, preserve their identity, and challenge patriarchal and militarised structures. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.CONTRADICTORY. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.CHALLENGES_CONSENSUS.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To examine how Pashtun women in exile use Pashto tappay folk poetry to articulate displacement, emotional longing, and identity in unfamiliar environments.

August 22, 2026South Asia Journal of South Asian Studies

Echoes of Displacement: Women’s Voices of Longing, Identity and Belonging in Pashto Tappay

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SKSaeeda KhanUniversity of Malaya

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Qualitative analysis reveals expressions of grief, identity, and resistance in Pashto tappay among exiled Pashtun women, highlighting poetry as a medium of vernacular feminist agency.

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To examine how Pashtun women in exile use Pashto tappay folk poetry to articulate displacement, emotional longing, and identity in unfamiliar environments.
Analyzed 50 tappay collected from oral sources and existing literature, complemented by qualitative insights from two cultural experts.
Conducted thematic analysis and feminist discourse analysis framed through concepts of viraha (longing/separation) and everyday violence.
Identified primary thematic patterns expressing profound longing for the homeland, critiques of gendered oppression, and spiritual metaphors.
Showed that tappay serve as an understated yet potent form of feminist resistance, enabling women to preserve cultural memory and challenge militarized and patriarchal structures.

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Saeeda Khan (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a895f74ca7ade938187e188 https://doi.org/10.1080/00856401.2026.2705741

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Qualitative analysis reveals expressions of grief, identity, and resistance in Pashto tappay among exiled Pashtun women, highlighting poetry as a medium of vernacular feminist agency.

Echoes of Displacement: Women’s Voices of Longing, Identity and Belonging in Pashto Tappay

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Echoes of Displacement: Women’s Voices of Longing, Identity and Belonging in Pashto Tappay

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