Qandeel Baloch was dubbed Pakistan’s answer to Kim Kardashian but her story is very different. Her older brother murdered her for bringing dishonour to her family.

Journalist and author Sanam Maher pieced together Qandeel’s life from her birth in rural Pakistan to her incarnation as a social media sensation; and she documents the public response to Qandeel’s shocking death, for her book, A Woman Like Her.

In her research she spoke to Qandeel’s parents, family, friends and work colleagues. 

Sanam takes us through Qandeel’s life, her rise to fame, and the impact her murder had on Pakistan and the global community more broadly.

CREDITS

Guest: Sanam Maher, author of A Woman Like Her, The Short Life of Qandeel Baloch
Host: Jessie Stephens
Producer and editor: Elise Cooper

RESEARCH

• A Woman Like Her; The Short Life of Qandeel Baloch by Sanam Maher https://bit.ly/3cL3xg6 
• Qandeel Baloch: Pakistan's social media celebrity - BBC News https://bit.ly/39PpkkQ 
• ‘She feared no one': the life and death of Qandeel Baloch, The Guardian https://bit.ly/3aSBdXJ 
• Qandeel Baloch’s Murder: One Year On, BBC Stories https://bit.ly/2xk4pYU 
• Qandeel Baloch: Brother of murdered social media star jailed BBC 
• Brother of Qandeel Baloch, Pakistani Internet Star, Gets Life Term for Her Murder The New York Times
• Pakistan: Brother sentenced to life for Qandeel Baloch's killing Al Jazeera