The review titled 'Skeena, Ek Nwaikla Punjabi Novel' was presented in Punjabi by Author Mansha Yaad at the Islamabad launch of Fauzia Rafiq’s novel ‘Skeena’ in 2007. The review has since been published by ‘Laikh’ Lahore, and is also available at the website of Halqa-e-Arbab-e-Zauq, Islamabad: adabialbum07.tripod.com

'The story is true but it is not Fauzia’s story. She has felt it in her bones and expressed with such intensity that it begins to feel as if it is her story.'

'I realized that if this class-based divisive inhuman attitude was not digested by a seven-year old Skeena then the more educated and wiser seventeen-year old Skeena is not going to accept these illogical social values, and that there will be brawls between Skeena and her environment.'

'At places, such beautiful, tongue-in-cheek and tasty expressions are used that one can not pass without praising.'

'I believe that Fauzia Rafiq’s novel Skeena is a great addition to Punjabi literature both because of the subject matter and the technique.'

'I expect that because of the content and technique, Skeena will be acknowledged as a great unique novel.'