In the Name of Honor by Mukhtar Mai is an incredibly powerful, and extremely important memoir that tells of her fight for justice. Mukhtar Mai is from a remote village in Pakistan, who was "sentenced" to be gang-raped by the tribal council of her village, to pay for a crime her year-old brother did not even commit/5. In the Name of Honor: A Memoir - Kindle edition by Mai, Mukhtar, Nicholas D. Kristof, Linda Coverdale, Marie-Therese Cuny. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading In /5(51). · In The Name of Honor Mukhtar Mai with Marie-Thérèse Cuny translated by Linda Coverdale Introduction In June of , Mukhtaran Bibi, a young woman living in a small village in Pakistan was brought before her village council to plead forgiveness for a Brand: Washington Square Press.
In the Name of Honor by Mukhtar Mai with Marie-Thérèse Cuny, translated by Linda Coverdale, foreword by Nicholas D. Kristof Mukhtar Mai's story is heartbreaking, gut-wrenching, even nauseating but ultimately, her story of inexplicable violence is not about being a victim but a testament to inspiring empowerment of girls and women all. Her name was Mukhtar Mai, and her decision to stand up to her accusers was an act of bravery unheard of in one of the world's most adverse climates for women. By July , Mai's case was headline news in Pakistan and under international scrutiny, the government awarded her the equivalent of 8, U.S. dollars in compensation money (a historic. In the Name of Honor-Mukhtar Mai In June , journalists throughout the world began to hear of the gang rape of a Pakistani woman from the impoverished 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.
In The Name of Honor. Mukhtar Mai with Marie-Thérèse Cuny. translated by Linda Coverdale. Introduction. In June of , Mukhtaran Bibi, a young woman living in a small village in Pakistan was brought before her village council to plead forgiveness for a false charge against her young brother. In a shocking abuse of power, the council ordered her gang-raped by four men as retribution. In the Name of Honor-Mukhtar Mai In June , 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. In the Name of Honor: A Memoir by Mukhtar Mai. The first time I was introduced to an honor crime was in an anthropology class my freshman year of college. The crime took place in Iran and involved a girl in her mid-teens. She was accused of raising her head and making eye contact with a man.
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