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

Qandeel Baloch was dubbed Pakistan&rsquo;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&rsquo;s life from her birth in rural Pakistan to her incarnation as a social media sensation; and she documents the public response to Qandeel&rsquo;s shocking death, for her book, A Woman Like Her.
In her research she spoke to Qandeel&rsquo;s parents, family, friends and work colleagues.&nbsp;
Sanam takes us through Qandeel&rsquo;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 href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/a-woman-like-her-9781526607591/">A Woman Like Her, The Short Life of Qandeel Baloch</a> Host: Jessie Stephens Producer and editor: Elise Cooper
RESEARCH
<ul>
<li>A Woman Like Her; The Short Life of Qandeel Baloch by Sanam Maher <a href="https://bit.ly/3cL3xg6">https://bit.ly/3cL3xg6</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li>Qandeel Baloch: Pakistan's social media celebrity - BBC News <a href="https://bit.ly/39PpkkQ">https://bit.ly/39PpkkQ</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/22/qandeel-baloch-feared-no-one-life-and-death">&lsquo;She feared no one': the life and death of Qandeel Baloch</a>, The Guardian <a href="https://bit.ly/3aSBdXJ">https://bit.ly/3aSBdXJ</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptVjXHgsal4">Qandeel Baloch&rsquo;s Murder: One Year On</a>, BBC Stories <a href="https://bit.ly/2xk4pYU">https://bit.ly/2xk4pYU</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49848384">Qandeel Baloch: Brother of murdered social media star jailed</a> BBC&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/27/world/asia/qandeel-baloch-brother.html">Brother of Qandeel Baloch, Pakistani Internet Star, Gets Life Term for Her Murder</a> The New York Times</li>
<li><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/09/pakistan-brother-sentenced-life-qandeel-baloch-killing-190927084527229.html">Pakistan: Brother sentenced to life for Qandeel Baloch's killing</a> Al Jazeera</li>
</ul>

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