<p>The photograph of 19-year-old Aisha without a nose sparked an outpouring of sympathy. Her photograph appeared on the cover of Time magazine and it was accompanied by an article highlighting the plight of women in Afghanistan.<br /><br />Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday that Aisha has received the Enduring Heart award at a benefit for the Grossman Burn Foundation that paid for her surgery in Los Angeles. </p>.<p>Maria Shriver, wife of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, presented the award to Aisha. <br /><br />"This is the first Enduring Heart award given to a woman whose heart endures and who shows us all what it means to have love and to be the enduring heart," Shriver was quoted as saying. <br /><br />Aisha said: "Thank you so much." She now has a prosthetic nose and doctors hope to give Aisha a more "permanent solution". That may involve rebuilding her nose and ears using bone, tissue and cartilage from other parts of her body. <br /><br />When Aisha was just 12, her father pledged to repay a debt by promising her in marriage to a Taliban guerrilla, the media report said. <br /><br />She was abused and forced to sleep in a stable with animals. Caught while trying to escape, Aisha's nose and ears were cut off by her husband as punishment. <br /><br />She told CNN: "When they cut off my nose and ears, I passed out...In the middle of the night it felt like there was cold water in my nose. I opened my eyes and I couldn't even see because of all the blood." <br /><br />She then managed to reach her grandfather's house and was taken to an American medical facility. She was later flown to the US.<br /></p>
<p>The photograph of 19-year-old Aisha without a nose sparked an outpouring of sympathy. Her photograph appeared on the cover of Time magazine and it was accompanied by an article highlighting the plight of women in Afghanistan.<br /><br />Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday that Aisha has received the Enduring Heart award at a benefit for the Grossman Burn Foundation that paid for her surgery in Los Angeles. </p>.<p>Maria Shriver, wife of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, presented the award to Aisha. <br /><br />"This is the first Enduring Heart award given to a woman whose heart endures and who shows us all what it means to have love and to be the enduring heart," Shriver was quoted as saying. <br /><br />Aisha said: "Thank you so much." She now has a prosthetic nose and doctors hope to give Aisha a more "permanent solution". That may involve rebuilding her nose and ears using bone, tissue and cartilage from other parts of her body. <br /><br />When Aisha was just 12, her father pledged to repay a debt by promising her in marriage to a Taliban guerrilla, the media report said. <br /><br />She was abused and forced to sleep in a stable with animals. Caught while trying to escape, Aisha's nose and ears were cut off by her husband as punishment. <br /><br />She told CNN: "When they cut off my nose and ears, I passed out...In the middle of the night it felt like there was cold water in my nose. I opened my eyes and I couldn't even see because of all the blood." <br /><br />She then managed to reach her grandfather's house and was taken to an American medical facility. She was later flown to the US.<br /></p>