In Honor of Fadime: Murder and Shame

by Unni Wikan

Book Overview

In 2002 young Fadime Sahindal was brutally murdered by her own father. She belonged to a family of Kurdish immigrants who had lived in Sweden for almost two decades. But Fadime's relationship with a man outside of their community had deeply dishonored her family, and only her death could remove the stain. This abhorrent crime shocked the world, and her name soon became a rallying cry in the struggle to combat so-called honor killings.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226896862
• ISBN13: 9780226896861
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.5"