New Releases by Mukhtar Mai

Memoirs of a Pakistani woman, a gang rape victim.

Memoirs of a Pakistani woman, a gang rape victim.

This rousing account is the exclusive, authorized memoir of international rights icon Mukhtar Mai, whose courageous struggle for justice earned her acclaim as "the Rosa Parks of Pakistan."

Untuk pertama kalinya, Mukhtar Mai meu00adnuangkan pengalaman pahitnya dalam buku yang sangat menyentuh hati. Sebuah kisah mengenai penderitaan dan kehinaan yang mendalam, juga keberanian dan keyakinan yang besar. Pada 22 Juni 2002, Mukhtar Mai dijatuhi u00adhukuman oleh Dewan Adat di desanya dengan cara diperkosa. Dia dipegangi oleh empat orang laki-laki, ditelanjangi dan kemudian diperkosa beramai-ramai. Lalu, ia diperintahu00adkan untuk berjalan pulang dalam kondisi setengah telanjang di hadapan 300-an penduduk desa. Dengan cara dipertontonkan dan dipermalukan di depan umum, Mai harus melakukan itu demi ''membayar'' suatu tindak kejahatan yang tanpa bukti, yang dituduhkan kepada adik laki-lakinya. Adik laki-laki Mai, Abdul Syakur (12 tahun), dituduh memiliki affair dengan seorang gadis dari kasta yang lebih tinggi. Dewan Adat akhirnya menjatuhkan hukuman kepada Mukhtar Mai dengan cara diperkosa. Menjelang menit-menit pelaksanaan hukumannya, Mukhtar Mai meminta belas kasihan, memohon agar adiknya dibebaskan, dan membaca al-Quran-satu-satunya bacaan yang dihapalnya.

This rousing account is the exclusive, authorized memoir of international rights icon Mukhtar Mai, whose courageous struggle for justice earned her acclaim as "the Rosa Parks of Pakistan."

Considered for the TIME''s 100 world''s most influential people. A chilling testimony to the deepest levels of human cruelty, this is the testimony of Mukhtar Mai, a 28-year old Pakistani woman. In 2002 she was sentenced by Meerwala''s tribal counsel to endure a collective rape in redress for an action committed by her 13-year old brother -when in reality it was a show of power. After suffering nameless atrocities, Mai decides to forego the tradition of committing suicide to denounce the crime.

In 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.

Mukhtar Mai undoubtedly is a life extraordinary. The story of her life is one of the most inspiring stories of our times. Mukhtar Mai faced dishonour with the sanction of her village Panchayat in Pakistan. But she rose to put the trauma behind her, and start a school for the children of her village, setting a dazzling example before the whole world. Mukhtar Mai speaks about her life to a French journalist and through her to the whole world.

Au Pakistan, parce qu''un jeune homme de 12 ans a fréquenté une fille d''un autre clan, quatre hommes ont violé sa soeur pour venger l''honneur de leur tribu. Mukhtar Mai, qui n''est autre que cette jeune soeur, témoigne.

Elle n''avait rien fait, son frère non plus. Le tribunal de son village de l''est du Pakistan l''a pourtant condamnée à être violée en réparation d''une prétendue faute de son frère. A 28 ans, Mukhtaran Bibi est violée par quatre hommes, humiliée. Pour se venger de son déshonneur, elle parle et se défend. Son appel est entendu par les médias, les hommes politiques et les ONG et lui permet de construire une école : un moyen de lutter contre ces pratiques inacceptables. Celle que les enfants de son école appellent Mukhtar Mai (grande sœur respectée) devient un symbole national et international de la lutte contre les violences faites aux femmes.

Die Geschichte einer unglaublich mutigen und starken Frau: Angeblich um die Familienehre zu retten, wurde die junge Pakistanerin Mukhtar Mai im Juni 2002 vom Stammesgericht der Rache einer verfeindeten Familie überlassen: 4 Männer vergewaltigten die Frau.

Ervaringsverhaal van een Pakistaanse vrouw die ten prooi viel aan een groepsverkrachting door mannen van een vijandelijke stam die haar familie wilden intimideren.

Mukhtar Mai ble i en alder av 28 år dømt i pakistansk domsstol til å bli gruppevoldtatt. Hun lever fortsatt i den lille pakistanske landsbyen, men er blitt et ikon verden over for sin kamp mot all vold mot kvinner. Dette er hennes historie.