I think things like this do happen in some places.
I've read a few books about women's accounts of living in, well, strict Muslim countries - Not Without My Daughter (set in Iran - no honour crimes in this but still scary), and one I forget the title but she was a princess in the Saudi royal family, which is mammoth, and the interesting thing was her cheeky tone, she was constantly pushing against the boundaries and was lucky enough (relatively) to have a non-vicious husband. But there were accounts of daughters being locked in little rooms and starved, of daughters being drowned in the swimming pool because of indiscretions.
There's a really good film, called Osama, which was the first movie to be filmed in Afghanistan since the war started, I think you'd like, though it can be pretty disturbing.
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Date: 2007-01-28 18:26 (UTC)I've read a few books about women's accounts of living in, well, strict Muslim countries - Not Without My Daughter (set in Iran - no honour crimes in this but still scary), and one I forget the title but she was a princess in the Saudi royal family, which is mammoth, and the interesting thing was her cheeky tone, she was constantly pushing against the boundaries and was lucky enough (relatively) to have a non-vicious husband. But there were accounts of daughters being locked in little rooms and starved, of daughters being drowned in the swimming pool because of indiscretions.
There's a really good film, called Osama, which was the first movie to be filmed in Afghanistan since the war started, I think you'd like, though it can be pretty disturbing.