Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Fakhra Younus: Physical Disfigurement which Reflects Cultural Disfigurement

She was in the early years of adulthood when her husband doused her with acid.

For a decade, she endured each surgery which was followed by the next look in the mirror which noted the same thing - the glimpse of cultural darkness at its worst.

Her former husband is a free man. Only until the Day of Judgment. Freedom is a temporal state. Guilt is forever.

Extensive research documentation shows Pakistan as a nation which places women at risk.

One woman. One face. One nation.

What is Pakistan prepared to do?

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Tammy Swofford