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  • Free at Last

    A Cup of Water, a Death Sentence, and an Inspiring Story of One Woman's Unwavering Faith

    by Asia Bibi, Anne-Isabelle Tollet ...
    “I was going to die because of a cup of water.”After drinking water from the same cup as Muslim women, Asia Bibi, a Christian, was sentenced to hang by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in 2010 on charges of blasphemy.Bibi’s case polarized all of Pakistan and mobilized international support from across the globe, including politicians, journalists, and countless organizations and supporters who ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Blasphemy

    The true, heartbreaking story of the woman sentenced to death over a cup of water

    by Asia Bibi ...
    Punjab, Pakistan, June 2009. The temperature is 45° and Asia has been out picking fruit for several hours. It's exhausting, sweaty work, but Asia and her husband have five children to feed. At midday she goes to the nearest well, picks up a cup and takes a long drink of cool water. She refills the cup, drinks some more and then offers it to another woman.Suddenly one of her fellow workers cries ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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  • Barish

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  • A Good Indian Wife

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  • Walking Free

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    by Munjed Al Muderis, Patrick Weaver ...
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