Burned Alive

Souad in collaboration with Marie-Therese Cuny (tr Judith M Armbruster)

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 ...