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Meeting with Asia Bibi, persecuted in Pakistan for her Christian faith

2020-02-25T19:12:24.478Z


PORTRAIT - The Pakistani woman enjoys her newfound freedom, but this freedom is filled with ghosts.


It is a small petite woman, in traditional dress, who receives within the walls of the Catholic missions of Paris, where priests from all over the world converge. In this haven of the heart of the capital, she is accompanied by her husband, a family friend, a translator, and two bodyguards. He is given aspirin and soon a doctor must come and examine him. Fragile, gentle looking, Asia Bibi recounts her exile in Canada, where she now resides. "The most important thing is that I am alive and with my family," she smiles. It is not easy, when you come from Pakistan, to get used to the polar temperatures and the immense empty spaces of North America. Asia Bibi is lost in this small isolated house, where she stays all day with her husband and two daughters, one of whom is disabled, in the middle of the snowy plains.

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Her trip to France is the first since she left Pakistan in May 2019. She comes not only for the promotion of

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Source: lefigaro

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