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lchic - 02:20am Jan 18, 2003 EST (# 7772 of 7786)
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Women aren't cattle .... except in countries such as ....

Dalia was a young, beautiful, Arab Muslim living with her family in Amman, Jordan. Aged 25, Dalia unexpectedly fell in love with Michael, a young Catholic man and a major in the Royal Army. For a Muslim woman, any relationship with a Catholic man is forbidden and Dalia was only too aware that flouting this rule could cost her life. But they were deeply in love and with the help of Dalia's lifelong friend, Norma, with whom she ran a hairdressing salon, they went to extraordinary lengths to find ways to meet in secret. On only a handful of occasions were Dalia and Michael able to be alone and their relationship remained entirely chaste. Her only crime was to fall in love.

Although they covered their tracks meticulously, when one of Dalia's brothers became suspicious, she was suddenly gripped by the terrifying reality of what could happen to her. Two months after her 26th birthday, Dalia was the victim of an honour killing at the hands of her father. Defying tradition and confronting Dalia's family about the killing, Norma was forced to flee the country when her own family threatened to kill her for shaming them in public. She fled to Athens and now lives in Australia.

Norma Khouri's book is a gift to the memory of her life-long friend. A powerful love story that ends in an appalling tragedy, it is also an attempt to bring the world's attention to the continuing practice of honour killing in Jordan - an ancient tradition that encourages the murder of women considered to have dishonoured the family. It is a crime that effectively goes unpunished. Shocking and dramatic, Forbidden Love will strike a chord with women everywhere and is a testimony to the courage and strength of women who are prepared to defy generations of male dominance.

Author: Albqueen, Norma Khouri | Editor: Bantam Australia | Publisher: Transworld Publishers (Division of Random House Australia) | Date Published: 28/12/2002 | Language: English

http://www.angusrobertson.com.au/featuredbook1.asp?StoreURL=angusrobertson&bookid=1863253483

lchic - 02:24am Jan 18, 2003 EST (# 7773 of 7786)
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The United Nations should set standards

Women living in Moslem cultures must be subject to first world standards --- NOT --- the moronic!

The USA has a limit of Eight Years for a president ... World standards might look at a set limit for National Presidents ... were this a standard then long-stay Off-the-rails leaders could be legitimately ousted for the better good!

To stay too long

is to buy people, buy government, which is subject to limitless corruption!

lchic - 02:41am Jan 18, 2003 EST (# 7774 of 7786)
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The whole culture of Jordan needs a wet-towel massage ... moronic ideas require kneeding, chopping, disecting ... women must be given higher status and more power. Why would 21C AD Jordanian women wish to co-exist with the BCMan.

lchic - 02:54am Jan 18, 2003 EST (# 7775 of 7786)
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Once there was the concept US : OTHERS-ELSEWHERE

International gut feeling has moved this simplistic to a different simplistic

US | THEM

where Them==US

People everywhere are people

People are 'un-manufacture-able' much to complex, smart and alive ... and every individual is unique and uniquely valuable.

The thought of the overhead bombing of a city revolts human imagination.

World opinion has moved away from the phrase 'pre-emptive strike' ....

World opinion wants justice for the 'people' of iraq, iran, and north korea .... wants them to become happy and functional in societies that are humaine.

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Japan cut the North Korean food bowl aid by half ... making regular folks suffer for political incompetence of yore ... no one has come forward to help fill their empty rice bowls ... starvation is a slow cruel death ... and quite unnecessary C21.

lchic - 02:59am Jan 18, 2003 EST (# 7776 of 7786)
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Chicago | oppose war | GU talk thread

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