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001			ASIN1416532293
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008			150121s2007 xxu eng d
020			_a1416532293 (paperback)
020			_a9781416532293 (paperback)
020			_a9781416532286
037			_bSaeed Book Bank _cPKr 895.50
040			_cAUMC
082			_a362.2830
100	1		_aMai, Mukhtar.
245	1	0	_aIn the name of honor : _ba memoir / _cMukhtar Mai, Linda Coverdale, Nicholas D. Kristof, Marie-Therese Cuny.
250			_aReprint ed.
260			_aNew York : _bAtria Books, _bWashington Square Press, _c2006.
300			_a192 p. ; _c(R 4 SH 3 )
520			_aIn 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.
700	1		_aCoverdale, Linda.
700	1		_aKristof, Nicholas D.
700	1		_aCuny, Marie-Therese.
856	4	0	_3Amazon.com _uhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1416532293/chopaconline-20
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