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Souad

 
9780446533461: Burned Alive: A Victim of the Law of Men
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ISBN 10 : 0446533467 ISBN 13 : 9780446533461
Editeur : Bantam Press, 2004

Synopsis

Book by Souad

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When Souad was seventeen she fell in love. In her West Bank village, as in so many others, sex before marriage is considered a grave dishonor to one's family and is punishable by death. This was her crime. Her brother-in-law was given the task of meting out her punishment. One morning while Souad was washing the family's clothes, he poured gasoline over her and set her on fire. Miraculously, she survived, rescued by women of her village, who put out the flames and took her to a local hospital. Horribly burned over seventy percent of her body and still denounced by her family, Souad was able to receive the care she needed only after the intervention of a European aid worker. Now in permanent exile from her homeland, she has decided to tell her story and reveal the barbarity of a practice that continues to this day. Burned Alive ...is the first true account ever published by a victim of an "honor crime." Souad's inspiring testimony is a shocking, moving, and harrowing story of cruelty and incomparable courage...and an inspiring call to action to end a heinous tradition.

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Éditeur
Bantam Press
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0446533467
ISBN 13 
9780446533461
Reliure
Relié
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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