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100	1		_aSouad. _954304
245	1	0	_aBurned alive / _cSouad, in collaboration with Marie-Therese Cuny ; translated from the French by Judith S. Armbruster.
246			_a[Brûlée vive. English ]
260			_aLondon : _bBantam, _cc2005.
300			_a333 p ; _c18 cm.
520			_aWhen Souad was 17 she fell in love. In her village, as in so many others, sex before marriage was considered a grave dishonour to one's family and was punishable by death. This was her crime. Her brother-in-law was given the task of arranging her punishment. One morning while Souad was washing the family's clothes, he crept up on her, poured petrol over her and set her alight. In the eyes of their community he was a hero. An execution for a 'crime of honour' was a respectable duty unlikely to bring about condemnation from others. It certainly would not have provoked calls for his prosecution. More than 5,000 cases of such honour killings are reported around the world each year and many more take place that we hear nothing about.Miraculously, Souad survived rescued by the women of her village, who put out the flames and took her to a local hospital. Horrifically burned, and abandoned by her family and community, it was only the intervention of a European aid worker that enabled Souad to receive the care and sanctuary she so desperately needed and to start her life again. She has now decided to tell her story and uncover the barbarity of honour killings, a practice which continues to this day.
650	1	4	_aHonor killings _zPalestine. _954305
650	1	4	_aAbused women _zPalestine _vBiography. _954306
700	1	0	_aCuny, Marie-Therese. _954307
700			_aArmbruster, Judith S., _eTranslator. _954308
856			_uhttps://uowd.box.com/s/pwm1hp4otarqak79455ek1zyjydfbaqm _zLocation Map