No Social Justice without Ecological Justice: An Eco-feminist Study of Jamil Ahmad’ the Wandering Falcon

Abstract

This research paper anatomizes Jamil Ahmad’ the Wandering Falcon (2011) from the perspective of Francoise d’Eaubonne (1974) and Greta Gaard’s theory of ecofeminism. Ecofeminism is a movement that sees connection between the exploitation of the natural world and the subordination of women. The study visualizes how Ahmad depicts the ecological landscape of the tribal areas of Pakistan as the primal setting of man where every individual contains his or her essence of a “tribal gene” for war. From eco-feminist theoretical perspective, this research examines how environmental exploitation continues to marginalize the women perpetually; they are beaten and killed as the earth is destroyed during tribal conflicts and fights. The exploitation of nature has inflicted great pain and suffering on them. This qualitative research examines the maltreatment of women and nature, taking in consideration the exploitation of nature and its effect on women. The present paper projects the importance of nature in the lives of tribal women by challenging the relegation of nature and women to a lower section to be dominated and destroyed.  By highlighting the destruction of nature and oppression of women depicted in The Wandering Falcon, this research advocates for a more sustainable world.