Honor lost
Subtitle: love and death in modern-day Jordan
By: Norma Khouri.
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
Subjects: Filicide -- Jordan -- Case studies.; Women -- Crimes against -- Jordan.; Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Jordan.; Murder -- Jordan -- Religious aspects.; Women -- Crimes against -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Genres: Case studies.
Description: "Dalia was a young, beautiful Arabian Muslim living with her family in Amman, Jordan. At the age of twenty-five, she unexpectedly fell in love with Michael, a major in the Royal Army, and a Catholic. For a Muslim woman, any relationship with a Catholic man is forbidden, and Dalia was only too aware that flouting this rule could cost her her life.".

"But they were deeply in love, and with the help of Dalia's lifelong friend, Norma, with whom she ran a hair salon, they went to extraordinary lengths to meet in secret. Dalia and Michael were only alone on a handful of occasions, and their relationship remained entirely chaste. Although they covered their tracks meticulously, one of Dalia's brothers became suspicious and she was suddenly gripped by the terrifying reality of what might happen to them all."--BOOK JACKET.