Murder in the Name of Honor: The True Story of One Woman's Heroic Fight Against and Unbelievable Crime

Husseini's hard-hitting, unflinching, and controversial examination of honor crimes is a fearless, account of a topic that can no longer be ignored. Claiming 5,000 lives annually, and common in both traditional societies and migrant communities in the United States, honor killings involve a punishment--often death or disfigurement--inflicted by a relative to restore the family's honor.