Abstract
Zahida survived her ordeal, but she ended up scarred and blind. It is sadly not rare for noses to be chopped off or facial features destroyed with acid in the name of honor. The disfigurement symbolizes the victims’ loss of face in the eyes of the community.
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Fadia Faqir, “Intrafamily femicide in defence of honor: The case of Jordan,” Third World Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 1, 65–82, 2001.
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Pope, N. (2012). Cruel and Unusual. In: Honor Killings in the Twenty-First Century. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137012661_8
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