The Honor Killing of Qandeel Baloch

Sarah Ahmed
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Qandeel Baloch, a controversial Pakistani social media star, was killed by her brother in 2016 in the name of “honor.” Using Qandeel’s honor killing as a case study, this chapter analyzes honor killings to gain a better understanding of what they are, their prevalence, and the factors attributable to them, particularly in South Asia. The chapter also examines the role that social media has played globally in giving marginalized populations a voice and platform online while simultaneously making them more vulnerable to cyberbullying, harassment, and, in Qandeel’s case, even death. Through contextual and empirical accounts, the chapter cautions readers to not think of honor killings as a faith-based problem confined to a particular geographical region but, rather, as a larger epidemic that is strongly rooted in a culture that persists, to a small extent, in developed countries as well.
坎迪尔·俾路支的荣誉谋杀
2016年,巴基斯坦备受争议的社交媒体明星坎迪尔·俾路支(Qandeel Baloch)被她的哥哥以“荣誉”的名义杀害。以Qandeel的荣誉谋杀为例,本章分析了荣誉谋杀,以更好地理解它们是什么,它们的流行程度,以及可归因于它们的因素,特别是在南亚。这一章还探讨了社交媒体在全球范围内发挥的作用,它为边缘人群提供了一个声音和平台,同时也使他们更容易受到网络欺凌、骚扰,在坎迪尔的案例中,甚至导致死亡。本章通过上下文和经验的叙述,告诫读者不要把荣誉谋杀看作是一个局限于特定地理区域的基于信仰的问题,而是一种更大的流行病,它深深植根于一种文化,在发达国家也在一定程度上持续存在。
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