Honoured

Honoured is Naz Shah’s memoir recounting her childhood in Bradford, being sent to Pakistan, a forced marriage at 15, and the family crisis that led to her mother’s imprisonment.

Shah interweaves themes of poverty, cultural honour, abuse and survival while reflecting on how these experiences shaped her political life and activism.

The book examines coercive control, community pressures, and the struggle to reclaim dignity in the face of stigma.

Shah presents personal narrative alongside campaigning work to secure her mother’s appeal and broader legal recognition of abuse as mitigation.

The memoir aims to inspire others by showing how resilience and leadership can arise from trauma, and to provoke conversation about honour-based oppression and systemic failings.