Qalam Kadaa is an academic repository of Dr. Tahira S. Khan. At Qalam Kada, the written word becomes a vessel for knowledge, inquiry, and the enduring search for meaning.
History of Resistance through Mass Protest
People march during a protest by students demanding access to free quality public education in Santiago, Chile, on August 7, 2011.
Pro-Palestinian student protesters at a demonstration at Columbia University on the third day of "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" in New York, US, April 19, 2024.
Women's Strike for Peace and Equality in New York City on Aug. 26, 1970.
Farmers in Sikar, Rajasthan conducting a mock funeral of the BJP government of the state of Rajasthan as part of a struggle led by the All India Kisan Sabha, 3 September 2017.
The Rebecca Riots were in fact a series of protests that took place between 1839 and 1843, throughout the rural areas of west Wales, including Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. The protesters were mainly simple farming folk who had been angered, in general by unjust taxes, and more specifically by the high tolls (fees) being charged to transport goods and livestock along the roads and bye ways of the region. Courtesy: Historic UK
Indian students shout as they take part in the 'Young India Adhikar March' protest rally, in New Delhi on February 7, 2019.
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union Strikers in 1909
The Peterloo Massacre took place at St Peter's Field, Manchester, Lancashire, England, on Monday 16 August 1819. It was the largest ever political gathering of working class people. Eighteen people died and 400–700 were injured when cavalry charged into a crowd of around 60,000 people who had gathered to demand the reform of parliamentary representation.
Pakistani socialist politician Mairaj Muhammad Khan being arrested by the police during the MRD movement in Karachi in 1983.
Clashes between demonstrators and police in April due to the tax reform proposed by the Colombian government in Bogotá, Colombia.
Argentine and Chilean students march to the Chilean Consulate in Buenos Aires, on August 5, 2011, repudiating the police repression against Chilean students during demonstrations in Santiago de Chile.
The Haymarket Riot: when a protest against anti-labor police brutality turned violent.
History of human oppression through art
This powerful series visualizes the history of human oppression through raw, abstract forms. Each figure reflects struggle, silence, and resistance—entangled in structures of violence, power, and survival. The chaotic lines and contorted bodies speak to the pain of domination and the endurance of the human spirit. It is a visual archive of suffering that transcends language, time, and geography.
