Overview
Qandeel Baloch was South Asia's Kim Kardashian. A former Pakistan Idol contestant turned social media celebrity, she posted videos viewed by millions talking to the camera in glammy attire, heavy make-up, and from bubble baths and beds. As her fame grew, she become increasingly vocal on woman's rights issue in one of the most conservative countries on Earth. Qandeel's liberal attitude and outspokenness against the patriachal culture in which she lived incensed many, including her own brother who murdered her in an honor killing. Despite worldwide outrage that included public reactions from celebrities such as Miley Cyrus, Madonna, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Khloe Kardashian, the brother remains free, forgiven by Qandeel's father.
With the prose of a novelist and the shrewdness of a journalist, Sanam Maher investigates the remarkable and tragic story of a modern woman confronting an aggressively traditional culture. Keeping Qandeel in focus from her escape from a poor rural village and an abusive marriage, to social media sensation and the Muslim feminist icon, Maher broadens her scope to examine why honor killings are still lawfully allowed to happen and what is at stake at ending their scourge.
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