ISBN 9781416532293 | 1416532293 Textbooks - "In the Name of Honor A Memoir" by Mai Mukhtar Mai MarieTherese Mukhtar Coverdale Linda and Cuny Mukhtar Cuny MarieTherese Coverdale Linda TRN Kristof Nicholas D FRW

Authors: Mai - Mukhtar Mai - Marie-Therese - Mukhtar; Coverdale - Linda and Cuny - Mukhtar: Cuny - …
ISBN 10: 1416532293
ISBN 13: 9781416532293
Edition: Reprint
Release: October 16, 2007
Format: Paperback (192 pages)
List Price: $13.00
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Tags: Biographies & Memoirs, Historical, General,

Book Description:
In June 2002, Mukhtar Mai, a Pakistani woman from the impoverished village of Meerwala, was gang raped by a local clan known as the Mastoi -- punishment for indiscretions allegedly committed by the woman's brother. While certainly not the first account of a female body being negotiated for honor in a family, this time the survivor had bravely chosen to fight back. In doing so, Mai single-handedly changed the feminist movement in Pakistan, one of the world's most adverse climates for women. By July 2002, the Pakistani government awarded her the equivalent of 8,500 U.S. dollars in compensation money and sentenced her attackers to death -- and Mukhtar Mai went on to open a school for girls so that future generations would not suffer, as she had, from illiteracy. In this rousing account, Mai describes her experience and how she has since become an agent for change and a beacon of hope for oppressed women around the world. Timely and topical, In the Name of Honor is the remarkable and inspirational memoir of a woman who fought and triumphed against exceptional odds.

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In the Name of Honor: A Memoir