A harrowing memoir by the vicim of an "honor crime" describes how a young Jordanian woman, who became pregnant following a brief love affair, was nearly killed by her own family because of the shame, her struggle to survive critical burns suffered after her being doused with gasoline and set on fire, her dramatic escape from Jordan, and her determination to build a new life for herself. 50,000 first printing.

Burned Alive: A Victim of the Law of Men

Biographies & Memoirs

Souad

Community & Culture

Grand Central Publishing

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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WARNER BOOKS

When Souad was seventeen 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 five thousand 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. Burned Alive is a shocking testimony, a true story of almost unbelievable cruelty. It speaks of amazing courage and fortitude and of one woman's determination to survive. It is also a call to break the taboo of silence that surrounds this most brutal of practices and which ignores the plight of so many other women who are also victims of traditional violence.

Burned Alive

True Crime

BANTAM PRESS

BANTAM BOOKS

Souad a dix-sept ans, elle est amoureuse. Dans son village l'amour avant le mariage est synonyme de mort. " Déshonorée ", sa famille désigne son beau-frère pour exécuter la sentence. Aux yeux de tous, cet homme est un héros. C'est ce que l'on appelle un " crime d'honneur ". Ce n'est en fait qu'un lâche assassinat. Atrocement brûlée, Souad a été sauvée par miracle. Elle a décidé de parler pour toutes celles qui aujourd'hui risquent leur vie. " Un cri de guerre. " L'Express

Brûlée vive

Memoirs

Pocket

Le Grand livre du mois

Brûlée vive (French Edition) [Paperback]Souad (Author), Marie-Thérèse Cuny

Bei lebendigem Leib

Blanvalet Taschenbuchverl

Blanvalet Verlag

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