SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Mukhtar Mai

1972 - Today

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Mukhtaran Bibi (Urdu: مختاراں بی بی; born c. 1972), now known as Mukhtār Mā'ī, is a Pakistani human rights activist from the village of Meerwala, located in the rural tehsil of Jatoi in the Muzaffargarh District of Punjab, Pakistan. In June 2002, Mā'ī was the victim of a gang-rape sanctioned by a tribal council of the local Mastoi clan, as a form of 'honour revenge'; the council ruling was a result of a dispute between the wealthier Mastoi Baloch clan and Mā'ī's Tatla caste. Although local custom would expect her to commit suicide after being raped, Mā'ī spoke up and pursued a case against her rapists, which was picked up by both domestic and international media. On 1 September 2002, an anti-terrorism court sentenced six men, including the four rapists, to death for rape. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Mukhtar Mai is the 651st most popular social activist (up from 765th in 2024), the 134th most popular biography from Pakistan (up from 171st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Pakistani Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Mukhtar Mai ranks 651 out of 840. Before her are Lucy Burns, Charlotte Despard, Jan Egeland, Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Karen Silkwood, and Ryan White. After her are Tank Man, Jared Taylor, Norma Cruz, William Smith O'Brien, Jadav Payeng, and Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Mukhtar Mai ranks 436. Before her are Oleh Lyashko, Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein, Erika Marozsán, Masakazu Morita, Claudia Pechstein, and Sprent Dabwido. After her are Sargis Hovsepyan, Vladimir Jurowski, Mehmet Kurtuluş, Rory Cochrane, Benno Fürmann, and Piotr Adamczyk.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Mukhtar Mai ranks 134 out of 217. Before her are Khushwant Singh (1915), Balakh Sher Mazari (1928), Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (1902), Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (1958), Malik Meraj Khalid (1915), and Salima Ikram (1965). After her are Fazlullah (1974), Sultan Rahi (1938), Suraiya (1929), Chris Van Hollen (1959), Hadiqa Kiani (1972), and A. K. Hangal (1915).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Pakistan

Among social activists born in Pakistan, Mukhtar Mai ranks 7. Before her are Bacha Khan (1890), Bhagat Singh (1907), Malala Yousafzai (1997), Guru Ram Das (1534), Asma Jahangir (1952), and Iqbal Masih (1983). After her are Tabassum Adnan (null), Jalila Haider (1988), Ziauddin Yousafzai (1969), Abia Akram (1985), Laila Haidari (null), and Mahrang Baloch (1993).

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