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Friday, April 06, 2007

Killing Women for Family and Community "Honor"

In Ramleh, 8 women from one family were killed for family and community honor. This latter kind of murder is a new one: it is when those murdering the woman are not family members, but unrelated men who take it upon themselves to do the job that the woman's family has failed to do. This article touches on the complex factors that are making the Palestinian women in Israel vulnerable to such attacks. It's more than culture.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

The activist asked for ouside intervention if needed to help these women?????? Is that how isloated the women's movement is? Where is the left to demand justice and to confront the groups that attack women? I am talking about the Palestinian Left.

Amal A said...

what's left of the left seems to have left.

In my days most of them were subscribers to the "ba3dain" revolutionary strategy which is closely linked with it's not our priorities now.In other words, moot ya 7maar!!

ArabLady said...

Amal u really made me feel bad now
Keep publishing some Arab Men’s shit towards women

Amal A said...

don't feel bad, feel mad.