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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