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Inside an honor killing : a father and daughter tell their story

Inside an honor killing : a father and daughter tell their story

Book 2019

"In this powerful and affecting book, writer and journalist Lene Wold offers a rare window into the world of "honor killings"-the controversial practice that sees more than five thousand women murdered at the hands of close relatives each year, all to restore their family's reputation. Wold spent more than five years in Jordan, visiting prisons and mosques, reviewing newspapers and judicial archives, and interviewing imams, village elders, and ot...