In the Name of Honor: A Memoir
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By Mukhtar Mai, Marie-Therese Cuny (Editor), Linda Coverdale (Translator), Nicholas D. Kristof (Foreword by)
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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.
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