Burned Alive

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Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
01 September 2005

True crime

The shocking true story of a young girl from the West Bank, who survived an attempted honour killing.

When Souad was seventeen she fell in love. In her village, as in so many others, sex before marriage was considered a grave dishonour to one's family and was punishable by death. This was her crime. Her brother-in-law was given the task of arranging her punishment. One morning while Souad was washing the family's clothes, he crept up on her, poured petrol over her and set her alight.

In the eyes of their community he was a hero. An execution for a 'crime of honour' was a respectable duty unlikely to bring about condemnation from others. It certainly would not have provoked calls for his prosecution. More than five thousand cases of such honour killings are reported around the world each year and many more take place that we hear nothing about.

Miraculously, Souad survived rescued by the women of her village, who put out the flames and took her to a local hospital. Horrifically burned, and abandoned by her family and community, it was only the intervention of a European aid worker that enabled Souad to receive the care and sanctuary she so desperately needed and to start her life again. She has now decided to tell her story and uncover the barbarity of honour killings, a practice which continues to this day.

Burned Alive is a shocking testimony, a true story of almost unbelievable cruelty. It speaks of amazing courage and fortitude and of one woman's determination to survive. It is also a call to break the taboo of silence that surrounds this most brutal of practices and which ignores the plight of so many other women who are also victims of traditional violence.

By: Souad
Imprint: Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 175mm, Width: 106mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 173g
ISBN: 9780553816303
ISBN 10: 0553816306
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 01 September 2005
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Souad now lives in Europe. She is married with three children.

Reviews for Burned Alive

'The terrifying memoir of a young Palestinian woman...Her ordeal reveals the scandalous treatment of women that is the real human rights abuse in the West Bank' -- Sunday Telegraph

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