Murder in the Name of Honor

Honour killings claim the lives of around 5,000 women every year. Murder inhe Name of Honour is Rana Husseini's hard-hitting and controversialxamination of hono... » 

Honour killings claim the lives of around 5,000 women every year. Murder inhe Name of Honour is Rana Husseini's hard-hitting and controversialxamination of honour crimes. Common in many traditional societies around theorld, as well as in migrant communities in Europe and the USA, they involve 'punishment' - often death or disfigurement - carried out by a relative toestore the family's honour. Breaking through the conspiracy of silenceurrounding this crime, one writer above all others has been instrumental inringing it to the world's attention: Rana Husseini. «