“Into the face of eco-catastrophe, we find magic woven into these fabulist Sindhi tales, a multi-genre feast for the senses, transporting us into dimensions and textures rich with symbols. Women Wide Awake reminds us of the enduring power of story, to illuminate and to heal.” –Renée Sarojini Saklikar, award-winning poet and author of the epic fantasy in verse series, THOTJBAP

“Women Wide Awake is a book, but it is also a woven fabric. From one perspective, the strands are storytelling, poetry, collage, and sculpture, and from another, oral research, imagination, and revisioning. Through each of these lenses, it is a compelling and moving work. But the one that awes me is the weaving together of a folklore across the distance of migration; the material that could not come in suitcases or boxes, Nimra and Manahil Bandukwala have gathered and carried home.” –Sadiqa de Meijer, author of Leaving Howe Island and Alfabet/Alphabet: A Memoir of a First Language

“The visual elements of this book are beautiful physical embodiments and documentations of our collective histories and stories. The materials used to create these works–old wedding invitations, dried flowers, fabric from the artists’ grandmother’s saris–hold within themselves their own databases of memories and stories. A powerful way to tangibly and emotionally connect us to our past, present and future.” –Misha Japanwala, artist and fashion designer