I thought this was a worthy addition.

	It may not be a true story... (Anonymous)
	Read this http://www.antiwar.com/orig/ttaylor.php?articleid=5801 before you believe this book. I'm not in any way saying honour killing does not exist (5000 murders per year, according to the UN) but you can find better accounts than this.

Re: It may not be a true story... greenpingu

i think that it was more interesting since i had never before been exposed to the idea of honour killing. (i had heard about the acid, and about another related affair in india, but nothing quite so specific.) also, part of the reason that i thought that it was more interesting than most stories was because of the split between the two "lives". like when she talks about how she thought things were normal, but didn't until she left for europe. it just feels like although this horrible thing is being talked about, it's almost like it has is seen worse through a western eye. there just felt a little hesitance in giving in entirely to the belief that what happened was wrong. aside from the shock of the treatment of women (although i really shouldn't have been as shocked as i was), this was one of the most intersting parts to me.