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Jordanian Journalist Rana Husseini Talks About Honor Killingsnew

Husseini can never forget the way the uncles of a 16-year-old murder victim dispassionately described how their niece deserved to die. "It was as if they were speaking about a sheep," she writes in her new book, Murder in the Name of Honor.
Willamette Week  |  Henry Stern  |  10-28-2009  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

The Said Girls Made One Deadly Misstep: They Fell in Lovenew

News that a Muslim father had been accused of murdering two beautiful daughters because he disapproved of their boyfriends triggered an instantaneous and predictable reaction from non-Muslims: It had to be an "Islamic" honor killing. The truth is more complex.
Dallas Observer  |  Glenna Whitley  |  06-23-2008  |  Crime & Justice

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