ABSTRACT
This chapter unravels the dynamics of transcultural symbolic solidarity between Muslim women politicians of two different South Asian countries. Transculturation is befitting for a global age which rejects the bordered understanding of cultures and refers to more a fluid paradigm of relations between societies. Dwelling on the life stories and memoirs of two Muslim women politicians and leaders, Benazir Bhutto and Malalai Joya, who hail from Pakistan and Afghanistan, respectively, I argue that these women share transcultural belonging by virtue of experiencing similar social and political challenges, including patriarchy.
