Bibi Aisha

Bibi Aisha (Pashto: بي بي عایشه; Bibi is a term of respect meaning "Lady"; born Aisha Mohammadzai,[1] legal name in the United States: Aesha Mohammadzai) is an Afghan woman who fled from an abusive marriage she was forced into as a teenager, but was caught, jailed, mutilated and left to die as revenge for her escape.

[1] When she was twelve, her father promised her to a Taliban fighter as compensation in a practice called baad, for a murder committed by a member of Aisha's family.

[2][3][4][5] Aisha's story first appeared in The Daily Beast in December 2009, which prompted many doctors to offer free help and reconstructive surgeries.

[10] Shortly after Time's cover in August 2010, Aisha was flown to the United States to receive free reconstructive surgery.

[7] After arriving in California, she psychologically regressed into psychogenic non-epileptic seizures, panic attacks, and self-harm that required hospitalization.

Due to the events she had been subjected to, doctors determined she was not yet stable enough for the gruelling reconstructive surgery, and these traumas caused her to suffer from borderline personality disorder.