On AlterNet: honor killings
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "honor killings"
Robert S. Eshelman, The Brooklyn Rail. November 10, 2009.
A new book tells the story of so-called "honor killings" in Jordan. Author Rana Husseini discusses the growing movement against this deadly form of violence against women.
Riane Eisler, AlterNet. September 6, 2008.
Why is it that we get so outraged over war but look the other way when women and girls are beaten and murdered in the name of tradition?
Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: PEEK. June 2, 2008.
The mother an honor killing victim is killed herself after leaving her husband.
PZ Myers, Pharyngula AlterNet: PEEK. May 12, 2008.
A young women in Iraq is murdered by her father. Her only crime - talking to a British soldier.
Terri Judd, Independent UK. April 30, 2008.
In Basra alone, police acknowledge that 15 women a month are murdered for breaching Islamic dress codes. Others say the number is higher.
Milon Nagi, Women's Media Center. June 9, 2007.
Rana Husseini, an award-winning Jordanian journalist, is leading the cause to expose and fight honor killings of women in the Middle East.
Kavita N. Ramdas, Global Fund for Women. December 19, 2006.
The United States' so-called "liberation" of Iraqi women has made them less free than they were under the Baathist regime, with abduction, rape, and "honor" killings now a daily reality.
