Description: A Woman Like Her by Sanam Maher A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020The powerful story of a woman who was ahead of her time Mishal Husain, presenter at BBC NewsTerrific and necessary Sonia FaleiroThis book is brilliant and terrifying Meena Kandasamy_________________________ A beautiful woman in winged eyeliner and a low-cut top lies on a bed urging her favourite cricketer to win the next match. In another post, she pouts at the camera from a hot tub. She posts a selfie with a cleric, wearing his cap at a jaunty angle. Her posts are viewed millions of times and the comments beneath them are full of hate.As her notoriety grows, the comments made about her on national talk shows are just as vitriolic. They call her Pakistans Kim Kardashian, they say shell do anything for attention. When shes murdered, theyre transfixed by the footage of her body. Drawing on interviews and in-depth research, Sanam Maher pieces together Qandeels life from the village where she grew up in the backwaters of rural Pakistan, to her stint in a womens shelter after escaping her marriage, to her incarnation as a social media sensation and the Muslim worlds most unlikely feminist icon. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Sanam Maher is a journalist based in Karachi, Pakistan. For more than a decade, she has covered stories on Pakistans art and culture, business, politics, religious minorities and women. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Al Jazeera, The Caravan, Roads and Kingdoms and Buzzfeed. A Woman Like Her is her first book. Review A breakthrough book, A Woman Like Her bracingly illuminates an increasingly global if yet under-covered phenomenon: the tragic collision between the forged selves of social media and the brute realities of ordinary life. It also describes, with rare intimacy, some profound cultural tumult in a society that is largely known for its political dramas -- Pankaj MishraThis fascinating portrait of Qandeel Baloch, Pakistans first big female internet sensation, is also a skillfully reported account of a country in which conservative mores conflict with the pace of social change, and in which women all too often pay the price * New York Times, Books of the Year 2020 *A terrific achievement. Sanam Mahers sensitive, nuanced portrait restores humanity, in all its complexity, to her subject -- Olivia Sudjic, author of SympathyWritten without judgement, without pandering, without reducing its subject to a stereotype, this book is brilliant and terrifying -- Meena Kandasamy, author of the Womens Prize shortlisted When I Hit YouA book about killing that tells us how we live now. Sanam Maher has her ear to the ground and a storytellers voice that is intimate and yet soars to the skies. -- Mohammed HanifIn her excavation of the life of the defiant, glamorous Qandeel Baloch, Sanam Maher has put out the highest calibre of investigative journalism, written with tragedy, poetry and passion befitting of its subject -- Molly Crabapple, author of Drawing BloodOnly one of Pakistans finest young writers could carry weighty themes like honour, fame, and violence with such deliberation and poise -- Fatima BhuttoQandeel was a marvellous blaze. She set our dark world on fire and made enough light to expose the hypocrisies of Pakistans pious patriarchy. In Sanam Mahers terrific and necessary book, these flames burn brighter than ever -- Sonia Faleiro Promotional An intimate and nuanced portrait of a women who broke the roles, and a skillfully reported account of a country in which conservative mores conflict with the pace of social change, and in which women all too often pay the price - New York Times, Books of the Year 2020 Review Quote Written without judgement, without pandering, without reducing its subject to a stereotype, this book is brilliant and terrifying Promotional "Headline" An intimate and nuanced portrait of a women who broke the roles, and a skillfully reported account of a country in which conservative mores conflict with the pace of social change, and in which women all too often pay the price - New York Times, Books of the Year 2020 Feature An In Cold Blood for the Muslim world, taking an in-depth look using the prism of a murder that shocked the world. Details ISBN1526607603 Year 2020 ISBN-10 1526607603 ISBN-13 9781526607607 Format Paperback Author Sanam Maher Pages 336 Publication Date 2020-07-09 Language English UK Release Date 2020-07-09 Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2020-07-09 Subtitle The Short Life of Qandeel Baloch Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC DEWEY 792.028092 Audience General AU Release Date 2021-01-04 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:128319859;
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