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100	1		_aMai, Mukhtar.
245	1	0	_aIn the name of honor _h[Book] : _ba memoir / _cMukhtar Mai with Marie-Thřs̈e Cuny ; translated by Linda Coverdale ; foreword by Nicholas D. Kristof.
250			_a1st Atria Books hardcover ed.
260			_aNew York : _bAtria Books, _c2006.
300			_axvi, 172 p., [8] p. of plates : _bill. ; _c22 cm.
500			_aIn English, translated from the French.
520			_aIn June 2002, 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. While certainly not the first account of a female 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 her accusers was an act of bravery unheard of in one of the world's most adverse climates for women. By July 2002, Mai's case was headline news in Pakistan and under international scrutiny, the government awarded her the equivalent of 8,500 U.S. dollars in compensation money (a historic settlement), and her attackers were sentenced to death. Mukhtar Mai went on to open a school for girls in an effort to ensure 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. .
521			_aAll.
650		0	_aWomen _zPakistan _vBiography.
650		0	_aWomen social reformers _zPakistan _vBiography.
650		0	_aRape victims _zPakistan _vBiography.
650		0	_aWomen _xViolence against _zPakistan.
650		0	_aWomen _zPakistan _xSocial conditions.
650		0	_aWomen's rights _zPakistan.
650		0	_aGang rape _zPakistan.
650		0	_aSex discrimination against women _zPakistan.
700	1		_aCuny, Marie-Thřs̈e.
700	1		_aCoverdale, Linda.
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