"Honour Killing: Stories of Men Who Killed by Ayse Onal
When the subject of honor killings comes up it is usually in the context of the post-9/11 world struggling to gain an understanding of a fundamentalist mindset so extreme that it incites its community members to violence even against their own families. Anecdotes focus on young girls and women who are slain by their fathers, uncles, brothers, and even sons, for infractions that range from adultery to immodest behavior or attire. Frequently, they are told from the viewpoint of the woman who is portrayed as a victim who simply wanted to follow her heart’s love or enjoy freedoms that Western women take for granted. In Honour Killing: Stories of Men Who Killed, prominent Turkish journalist Ayse Onal takes a detour from this trend and brings readers the narratives of the men who carried out these murders, interviewing them from their prison cells."
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