A rising Pakistani social media star and what allowed her murder to happen: via nytimes
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In “A Woman Like Her,” an exemplary work of investigative journalism, Sanam Maher delves into the story of a woman as misunderstood in death as in life. Maher conducted hundreds of interviews — with Baloch’s family, the media, mullahs, feminist activists, experts in cybercrime — to indict the society that enabled and applauded Baloch’s murder.In her videos, Baloch often affected an American accent. She claimed to be the pampered daughter of a rich landlord.
While in the shelter, Baloch relinquished her baby to her husband’s family. “I need to make my own life,” she told the supervisor. “Whatever I want to do, I cannot do it with a child hanging on to me. I’ll become helpless.” Her first brush with celebrity came when she auditioned for “Pakistan Idol” in 2013 and clips of her hysterics after being rejected from the show went viral.
There’s every temptation to sentimentalize and simplify Baloch. Maher notes how easily her story slotted into certain news narratives, like the way international media lauded Baloch for giving “voice to a generation of Pakistani women.” But the more the author followed the story, the less appealing, ethical and useful such projections and generalizations seemed.
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