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Louise Brown is a British academic who has spent many years researching prostitution and trafficking of women and girls as sex slaves throughout Asia. Over a period of four years, she made periodic visits to Lahore, Pakistan. During each visit, she spent a month or two living in Heera Mandi, the official brothel quarter within the old walled city. Her main focus was on one family, consisting of Maha and her three adolescent daughters, but she got to know many other people as well.
The profession of "dancing girls" (prostitution) is passed down through the generations. There seems no way out of this ongoing trap. When the women become middle-aged and can no longer attract customers, they see no way to generate income but to sell their daughters' bodies to the highest bidders. Maha sold her most attractive daughter's virginity to an old Arab man for $8,400!!
As I got deeper into the book, I was glad to discover it wasn't just about prostitution. The author kept a daily diary of everything she experienced among these people, so there's a lot about food, religion, superstition, poverty, drugs, and the caste system that officially does not exist in a Muslim society but is strictly observed nonetheless. All in all a very interesting cultural and sociological eye-opener.
The profession of "dancing girls" (prostitution) is passed down through the generations. There seems no way out of this ongoing trap. When the women become middle-aged and can no longer attract customers, they see no way to generate income but to sell their daughters' bodies to the highest bidders. Maha sold her most attractive daughter's virginity to an old Arab man for $8,400!!
As I got deeper into the book, I was glad to discover it wasn't just about prostitution. The author kept a daily diary of everything she experienced among these people, so there's a lot about food, religion, superstition, poverty, drugs, and the caste system that officially does not exist in a Muslim society but is strictly observed nonetheless. All in all a very interesting cultural and sociological eye-opener.