'Life is such a blessing': The incredible bravery of Pakistani women who suffered horrific acid attacks in the name of 'family honour'
Source : The Daily mail 'Life is such a blessing': The incredible bravery of Pakistani women who suffered horrific acid attacks in the name of 'family honour' By Associated Press PUBLISHED: 2 June 2012 After six years of abuse, Allah Rakhi was walking out of her marriage when her husband struck again. Snatching a knife, he sliced off her nose. 'You're no longer beautiful!' he shouted. He then slashed at her foot - brutal punishment for leaving the house without his permission. 'A woman is only a woman inside the home, outside she's a whore!' he yelled at Rakhi as she lay bleeding on the dusty street just outside her home. That was 32 years ago. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Years of abuse: Pakistani Allah Rakhi, 51, whose husband sliced off her nose and slashed her right foot with a razor in 1980, when she was 19. After marrying at 13, Rakhi suffered six years of abuse at the hands of her husband, right, sh