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Reporter Reveals Dishonor of Killing Female Kin

By Rana Husseini
Tuesday, November 10, 2009

What began as a story assignment to cover an “honor” killing in Amman, Jordan, turned into a quest for journalist Rana Husseini to explore and fight against these crimes. Excerpts from her latest book, “Murder in the Name of Honor.”

AMMAN, Jordan (WOMENSENEWS)--In summer the temperature in Jordan soars to the unpleasantly high 30s (high 90s Fahrenheit). Across the sweltering capital, those of Amman’s citizens who were fortunate enough not to have to make their living on the teeming streets hid away from the sun in the city’s many coffee shops.

It was May 31, 1994, the day that Kifaya’s mother, uncles and brothers had decided she would die.

In the built-up part of the conservative old city, Kifaya sat, tied to a chair in the kitchen of her family home. The sweets that her older brother, Khalid, had bought earlier to persuade her that everything was all right lay untouched on the counter.

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