In the Name of Honour

Posted on 15 August 2018 by Mukhtar Mai

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. Free Read Kindle ePUB In the Name of Honour By Mukhtar Mai – kino-fada.fr .This review contains some spoilersThis is the story of Mukhtar Mai, a Pakastini woman who was raped by four men as part of crime of honour This is a tit for tat revenge system that operates widely in Pakistan It takes place when a clan family believes it has had a wrong done to them, and as a punishment they rape a woman or murder or disfigure a woman , belonging to the clan who has wronged them Basically, a woman from the accused family becomes the vehicle for the revenge punishmentThis review contains some spoilersThis is the story of Mukhtar Mai, a Pakastini woman who was raped by four men as part of crime of honour This is a tit for tat revenge system that operates widely in Pakistan It takes place when a clan family believes it has had a wrong done to them, and as a punishment they rape a woman or murder or disfigure a woman , belonging to the clan who has wronged them Basically, a woman from the accused family becomes the vehicle for the revenge punishment There are three different laws operating in Pakistan The law of the Jirga or village council, the law of Islam, and the law of Pakistan These three entities often conflict with one another, and often they are not sympathetic to the plights of women in crimes of honour e.g., in Islamic law in Pakistan a woman who has been raped is...There was a period where I was reading reading books on the atrocities done on women back to back..This was one among the collections..Though I loved the book it took sometime for me to complete Procrastination has taken up on me, and I have decided to fight backBreaking the suspense right in the beginning let me state that I m in awe for this lady Mukhtar Mai, who like phoenix rose from ashMukhtar Mai in late twenties,is divorced yet leads a respectable life, teaching Quran to the loca There was a period where I was reading reading books on the atrocities done on women back to back..This was one among the collections..Though I loved the book it took sometime for me to complete Procrastination has taken up on me, and I have decided to fight backBreaking the suspense right in the beginning let me state that I m in awe for this lady Mukhtar Mai, who like phoenix rose from ashMukhtar Mai in late twenties,is divorced yet leads a respectable life, teaching Quran to the local kids of Meerwala..She belongs to Gujar clan , lower caste of tribe to whom literacy is out of their reach..Her younger brother in early teens is falsely accused of talking to a girl belonging to Mastois higher caste.Like a wild fire matters gets worse ...Dishonored aka In the Name of Honor was an amazing non fiction Written by a French reporter and told by the heroine herself in her mother tongue a tribal dialect from northern Pakistan.This is a story about a fight against the tribal rules which accept brutality against women inc rape and murder as a common way of ironing out differences among men, inc disputes about the purchase of lands or even about a barking dog.To our western ear that sounds foul, but in rural Pakistan women accep Dishonored aka In the Name of Honor was an amazing non fiction Written by a French reporter and told by the heroine herself in her mother tongue a tribal dialect from northern Pakistan.This is a story about a fight against the tribal rules which accept brutality against women inc rape and murder as a common way of ironing out differences among men, inc disputes ab...Mukhtar Mai, an illiterate peasant twenty something in Pakistan, was the victim of a gang rape by members of a powerful clan They accused her adolescent brother of sex crimes, and demanded Mukhtar submit herself before the town council, which was dominated by strongmen from the powerful clan Instead of killing herself in shame after the gang rape, she protested her treatment, pursuing her assailants first with the corrupt police, and then successfully at first in the courts Her case recei Mukhtar Mai, an illiterate peasant twenty something in Pakistan, was the victim of a gang rape by members of a powerful clan They accused her adolescent brother of sex crimes, and demanded Mukhtar submit herself before the town council, which was domi...just a line or two right now as I have other deadlines happening I am an MLS reference librarian large city urban libraries but not as huge as NYC or Los Angeles.This is the best new book I have read in perhaps twenty years Linguistically it is extraordinarily simple yet grace filled in its descriptions The events in the case are distressing and horrifying.alert the below does disclose some of the closing events about the lady s experiences.Eventually, when legal advocacy individuals from I just a line or two right ...This is an account of Mukhtar Mai, a peasant Pakistani woman, who in June 2002 was condemned by a tribal council to be gang raped The rape was in retribution for a false allegation made against her 12 year old brother Rather than commit suicide, as was expected, she pressed charges and somehow captured the attention of the international media Pakistan is a feudal society where it is common for women to be raped and mutilated Women are kept illiterate and forced to be subservient, not only to This is an account of Mukhtar Mai, a peasant Pakistani woman, who in June 2002 was condemned by a tribal council to be gang raped The rape was in retribution for a false allegation made against her 12 year old brother Rather than commit suicide, as was expected, she pressed charges and somehow captured the attention of the international media Pakistan is a feudal soci...Mukhtar Mai was born and raised in a poor farming village in Pakistan There was nothing outstanding about her compared with the other women in her village She led a quite, peaceful life within the comforts of her family home teaching Koran verses to the local children, and embroidery to the local women to help bring in money for her family She had worked hard to be an honorable woman after a breif marriage, and subsequent divorce All of this changed however on the night of June 22, 2002.Mukh Mukhtar Mai was born and raised in a poor farming village in Pakistan There was nothing outstanding about her compared with the other women in her village She led a quite, peaceful life within the comforts of her family home teaching Koran verses to the local children, and embroidery to the local women to help bring in money for her family She had worked hard to be an honorable woman after a breif marriage, and subsequent divorce All of this changed however on the night of June 22, 2002.Mukhtar s you...CourageStrengthBraveryand a Will to SurviveInspirational and heart wrenching at the same time this woman is truly amazing to say the least Nothing seems to have been lost in the translation and still has an impact on the reader second to none.Cruel and barbaric to think that even in this day and age the trauma and the cruelties inflicted upon Mukhtar Mai and tens of thousands of other women in similiar situations are still socially acceptable in some cultures Purely just because they are b CourageStrengthBraveryand a Will to Sur...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 12 year old brother did not even commit However, she does not dwell on the injustice committed against her, but instead focuses on her fight for justice and dignity Instead of committing suicide, as was expected of her, 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 12 year old brother did not...This is an appalling true story which really shows how woman are suffering in this world despite all talk of equality Mukhtar s young brother is wrongly accused of flirting with a notorious older girl from the next farm and his family demand justice This takes the form of a brutal gang rape on Mukhtar who is then expected to kill herself because she has brought shame on her family Instead she is determined to take her attackers to court.What am amazing woman this is She was duped into going This is an appalling true story which really shows how woman are suffering in this world despite all talk of equality Mukhtar s young brother is wrongly accused of flirting with a notorious older girl from the next farm and his family demand justice This takes the form of a brutal gang rape on Mukhtar who is then expected to kill herself because she has brought shame on her family Instead she is determined to take her attackers to court.What am amazing woman this is She was duped into going to the neighbours to 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