No Honour

Pakistan has the highest number of honour killings per capita of any country in the world – about one fifth of those committed world-wide. It is a practice that has dominated Pakistani culture for thousands of years and, despite an attempt at reform, remains commonplace. This is the background for a......more

Awais Khan has dealt with a sensitive subject and he has done complete justice to it. This is a searing account of a too familiar story in Pakistan. Abida is courageous and hopeful and I love that she remains so throughout the novel. In fact, considering that the novel deals with such a horrid and o......more

I inhaled this book in a day and cannot recommend it highly enough. Awais Khan's "No Honour" is simply stunning. There aren't enough superlatives in the world for me to describe it, nor stars to rate it.  The opening will stay with me forever. It's truly shocking and so well written. I was really ups......more

Awais Khan has written an extraordinary novel with courage and heart. The story had me engrossed from the very first page to the very last. Heartbreaking to read at times but a harsh reality of life in Pakistan. A must read! . The story is about sixteen-year-old Abida who lives in a small Pakistani v......more

It's only 48 hours since I received a proof copy of @awaiskhan's #NoHonour: I couldn't put it down. This is a powerful and shocking story that exposes horrific acts of violence perpetrated on young women and babies by their own families, and the hypocrisy and injustice still rife in some communities......more