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IN THE NAME OF HONOR: A MEMOIR PUBLISHER: ATRIA BOOKS AUTHOR: MUKHTAR MAI
Item #: 22175 Publishing Date 2006.



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In June 2002, Journalists throughout the world began to hear of the gang rape of Pakistani woman from the impovershed village of Meerwala. The rape was ordered by a local clan known as the Mastoi and was arranged as punishment for indiscretions allegedly committed by the woman's brother. While certainly not the first account of a frmale body being negotiated for honor in a family, and (sadly) not the last, journalists and activists were captivated. This time the survivor had chosen to fight back, and in doing so, single-handedly changed the feminist movement in Pakistan. Her name was Mukhtar Mai, and her decision to stand up to herr accusers was an act of bravery unheard of in one of the world's most adverse climates for women......

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