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Good Intentions Are Not Enough: Women and Violence in Pakistan


Posted by sobia on 07 Mar 2016 / 1 Comment
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The issue of violence against women in Pakistan has received some international press in the last week or so. First, with Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, a Pakistani-Canadian filmmaker, winning an Oscar for A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness, her documentary about Saba Qaiser, a survivor of an attempted “honour killing”. This was followed by […]

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Culture/Society

Speaking of Honour: Watching “The Kohistan Story”


Posted by sobia on 08 Feb 2016 / 2 Comments
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In a recent VICE News short documentary, The Kohistan Story: Killing for Honor, producers Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Saad Zuberi, along with host Hani Taha, tell the story of five young women and three young men who were killed in Kohistan, KPK, Pakistan in an apparent “honour killing.” As VICE explains: “In May 2012, a grainy […]

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Updates from Elsewhere


Posted by Krista Riley on 14 Mar 2012 / 0 Comments
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We’re sharing some excerpts today from a few different stories that relate to things we’ve covered recently on MMW.  Enjoy! The editors of Love, InshAllah, which Merium reviewed in February, wrote an article for International Women’s Day about the importance of listening to Muslim women’s diverse stories: There is no denying that there is subjugation […]

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“Saving Face” May be a Saving Grace for Women Victims of Acid Attacks


Posted by diana on 27 Feb 2012 / 0 Comments
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Update: This film won the Oscar for its category. Congratulations to those involved in its creation! For the first time in the history of the Academy Awards a Pakistani filmmaker has been nominated for an Oscar. The 2012 Oscar’s “Best Documentary Short” category features a 40 minute short film by journalist and investigative filmmaker Sharmeen […]

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