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Paula Kweskin

Culture/Society

Honor Diaries: A Real Conversation on Women’s Rights or a Scratch on the Surface?


Posted by samya on 06 Jan 2014 / 4 Comments
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In April 2011, Faleh Hassan Almaleki, an Iraqi immigrant to the United States, was sentenced to 34.5 years in prison for killing his 20 year-old daughter for becoming “too westernized.” The case was deemed an “honor killing” because the daughter, according to the dad, dishonored the whole family. This story is one of many presented […]

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