As part of Women's History Month, Fawzia Afzal-Khan of English, an internationally known Islamic feminist and vocal performer, presented "Bold and Beautiful: Acting Out as a Pakistani/American/ Muslim Wo/Man," a multi-media lecture. The event included a performance of parts of her play "Scheherazade Goes West," which appeared in The Drama Review. She also sang Sufi songs and recited poetry from her recently recorded CD.

Afzal-Khan has spoken in venues around the world, including the University of New South Wales in Australia; the University of California at Los Angeles and the Cairo Public Library in Egypt.

In November 2001, when novelist Salman Rushdie bemoaned the silence of Muslim women in an article critiquing radical Islamist movements published in The New York Times, Afzal-Khan responded in print with "Here Are the Muslim Feminist Voices, Mr. Rushdie!"

Afzal-Khan was born and raised in Lahore, Pakistan. Winner for several years of the Best All-Pakistan Classical Vocalist Award in the late 1970s, Afzal-Khan continues to perform and record North Indo-Pakistani classical vocal music, as well as joining with others in the jazz and Indian classical band she founded, The Neither East Nor West Ensemble. She also has performed with the leading Pakistani alternative theatre troupe Ajoka.