In the name of honor
Subtitle: a memoir
By: Mukhtar Mai with Marie-Thérèse Cuny ; translated by Linda Coverdale ; foreword by Nicholas D. Kristof.
Contributors: Cuny, Marie-Thérèse.; Coverdale, Linda.
Edition: 1st Atria Books hardcover ed.
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9781416532286
Subjects: Mai, Mukhtar; Women -- Pakistan -- Biography; Women social reformers -- Pakistan -- Biography; Rape victims -- Pakistan -- Biography; Women -- Violence against -- Pakistan; Women -- Pakistan -- Social conditions; Women's rights -- Pakistan; Gang rape -- Pakistan; Sex discrimination against women -- Pakistan; Pakistan -- Social life and customs -- 21st century
Genres: Biography.
Description: A memoir by the Pakistani women's rights leader recounts how she endured court-ordered gang rape for alleged indiscretions committed by her brother, her efforts to run a school for girls, and raise awareness for oppressed women around the world.
Notes: In English, translated from the French.