Souad

Tarihi Jivant Mi Souad

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. ★★★★★★ ★★★★★★? ?? ???? ★★★★★★?? ★★★★★★???? ★★★★★★? ????? ???. ★★★★★★? ★★★★★★? ????? ★★★★★★ ????? ★★★★★★???? ????? ★★★★★★ ???? ★★★★★-?? ★★★★★★? ??? ★★★★★★?? ★★★★★★???? ★★★★★★ ?? ???? ★★★★★★ ★★★★★★? ??? ???? ?????. ???? ???? ★★★★★★ ★★★★★★ ????? ??? ★★★★★★ ????? ???? ★★★★★★?? ★★★★★★ ???? ????? ★★★★★★ ???? ????. ??? ★★★★★★???? ?? ????? ★★★★★★??? ???? ?????. ★★★★★★?? ★★★★★★???? ??? ★★★★★★★★★★★★?? ★★★★★★ ★★★★★★? ????? ??? ★★★★★★? ???? ??? ★★★★★★ ???? ????. ★★★★★★ ★★★★★★? ★★★★★★? ??, ★★★★★★??? ★★★★★★?? ???, ★★★★★★??? ★★★★★★ ??? ??? ★★★★★★??, ★★★★★★????? ★★★★★★????? ★★★★★★?? ????, ★★★★★★? ★★★★★★?? ★★★★★★ ????? ????, ????-★★★★★★??? ?????, ★★★★★★ ???? ★★★★★★?? ???? ★★★★★★???? ???? ???? ???? ??? ★★★★★★ ★★★★★★? ★★★★★★. ★★★★★★????? ★★★★★★ ★★★★★★??? ★★★★★★? ??? ★★★★★★?? ★★★★★★? ????. ?? ???? ★★★★★★ ★★★★★★? ??? ★★★★★★?, ★★★★★★??? ??? ?? ★★★★★★ ★★★★★★??, ★★★★★★???, ★★★★★★★★★★★★, ★★★★★★???? ★★★★★★ ★★★★★★ ???.