Saving Face: Sharmeen Chinoy's 'Saving Face' wins first Oscar for Pakistan

Saving Face the Oscar winning documentary, chronicles the work of pioneering plastic surgeon, Mohammad Jawad as he travels to his birthplace, Pakistan, to treat survivors of radically disfiguring acid attacks, the majority of whom are women targeted byBy JENNIFER TUOHY "This is where they burned me alive," says the formerly beautiful Zakia in the Oscar-nominated documentary "Saving Face." "Zakia used to pride herself on her looks. She was very pretty," said the

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