Tag Archives: honor killing

Murder in the Name of Honour: interview excerpt

By Natalia Antonova | Published: June 8, 2009
Please note that the full version of this particular column is hosted at ArabComment. The regular column will return later this month. When I first met Rana Husseini, I was struck by how forthright and open she was – a firm handshake, a piercing, inquisitive stare and the no-nonsense way in which she chose her [...]
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Buried alive In Balochistan

By Kyla Pasha | Published: September 3, 2008
Poor, brown women living in poor, brown countries are among the least valued - by rich and powerful brown people of all genders as much as anyone
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“Honor killings” contort religion

By Feature Writer | Published: July 14, 2008
ATLANTA — As an American Muslim, I was horrified to read about the tragic death of Sandela Kanwal in Clayton County, Ga., allegedly at hands of her father in a supposed "honor killing."
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