Wold Lene - Inside An Honor Killing A Father And A Daughter Tell Their Story - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: A shockingly intimate look at the world of honor killings as seen through the eyes of both the perpetrator and the victim. What drives a person to murder their sister mother or daughter? What is life like in a society in which women are imprisoned for their own protection while their potential killers walk free? 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 other locals to understand these violent acts. But she also spoke with the killers themselves including a man who murdered his mother and daughter and attempted to kill his other daughter. In Inside an Honor Killing Wold shares what she learned weaving a shocking tale of honor killing told from the perpetrato's perspective as well as the victim's.
Title: Inside An Honor Killing A Father And A Daughter Tell Their Story
Author(s): Wold Lene
Publisher: Greystone Books Canada
Barcode: 9781771644372
Pages: 224 Pages
Publication Date: 4/30/2019
Category: True Stories