Murder in the name of honor
Subtitle: the true story of one woman's heroic fight against an unbelievable crime
By: Rana Husseini
Publisher: OneWorld
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9781851685974
Subjects: Honor; Violence against; Social aspects; Women; Honor killings; Legal status, laws; Patriarchy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-230) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword --; title: Introduction -- -- 1.; title: Murder in Amman -- -- 2.; title: Interview with a Killer -- -- 3.; title: Honour as an Excuse -- -- 4.; title: Bound by Honour -- -- 5.; title: Excusing Murder -- -- 6.; title: We Fought the Law... -- -- 7.; title: The Royal March for Justice -- -- 8.; title: Opening the Floodgates -- -- 9.; title: Changing Attitudes -- -- 10.; title: Two Steps Back -- -- 11.; title: A World of Honour -- -- 12.; title: Love, Honour and Obey -- -- 13.; title: Chaos in Europe -- -- 14.; title: Honour in the USA -- -- 15.; title: The Road to Real Honour --; title: Notes --; title: Acknowledgements --; title: Index