experiences working with women youth and children in the arab world nawwab finds answers in religion and spirituality through her sufi poetry she spoke with passion about the issues she grapples with one of these is the guardianship law in saudi arabia under the law whenever a woman wants to travel she needs the permission of a male guardian who could even be a small boy why does a woman need a male guardian nawwab told toi what about women who dont have a father husband or son what will they do nawwab said that the archaic law had to change and she has been mobilising support for this as well as creating awareness about its absurdity a positive step is that now women dont need their male guardians permission to open a bank account she said also more women are coming into positions of power in government to raise these issues from pakistan there is sumbal iftikharis an mphil degree holder who talked of a new form of nonviolence in her country she explained that the hastoneest institute for traditional studies and arts in lahore and karachi promoted the understanding of islamic spirituality through traditional art languages music and architecture as a member of the institution she aspired to initiate a spirituality without borders campaign to construct inward humanism while deconstructing the outward barriers