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Bibi Asia
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Titolo: |
Blasphemy : a memoir : sentenced to death over a cup of water / / Asia Bibi ; with Anne-Isabelle Tollet
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Pubblicazione: | Chicago, Ill., : Chicago Review Press, 2013 |
Edizione: | First US |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (162 p.) |
Disciplina: | 200 |
Soggetto topico: | Religious discrimination - Pakistan - History - 21st century |
Christian women - Pakistan | |
Christian biography - Pakistan | |
Women death row inmates - Pakistan | |
Death row inmates - Pakistan | |
Blasphemy (Islam) | |
Altri autori: |
TolletAnne-Isabelle
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Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di contenuto: | Front Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Contents ; Preface ; Foreword ; 1 - A Black Hole ; 2 - Blasphemy ; 3 - I Can No Longer See the Stars ; 4 - Death by Hanging ; 5 - The Christian Minister ; 6 - Happy Christmas ; 7 - The Pope's Message ; 8 - They Kill the Governor ; 9 - They Kill the Minister ; Afterword; Back Cover |
Sommario/riassunto: | <P style=""BORDER-TOP-COLOR: ; BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: ; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: ; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: "">In June 2009 a Pakistani mother of five, Asia Bibi, was out picking fruit in the fields. At midday she went to the nearest well, picked up a cup, and took a drink of cool water, and then offered it to another woman. Suddenly, one of her fellow workers cried out that the water belonged to Muslim women and that Bibi-who is Christian-had contaminated it. "Blasphemy!" someone shouted, a crime punishable by death in Pakistan. In that instant, with one word, Bibi's fate was sealed. First attacked by a m |
Titolo autorizzato: | Blasphemy ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-61374-890-6 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910822128803321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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