Burned Alive

1 About this book

"When Souad was seventeen she fell in love. In her West Bank village, as in so many other villages, sex before marriage is considered a grave dishonor to one's family and is punishable by death. This was her crime. Her brother-in-law was given the task of meting out her punishment.

One morning while Souad was washing the family's clothes, he poured gasoline over her and set her on fire." Now in permanent exile from her homeland, she has decided to tell her story and reveal the barbarity of a practice that continues to this day."

• Biography
• Biography & autobiography
• Women, biography
• Victims of crimes
• Biographies
• Abused women
• Cas, Études de
• Punishment