Rana Husseini's Murder in the Name of Honor

Jordanian journalist Rana Husseini, who has written extensively about honor killings of women (women killed by male relatives because of a perception of "unchaste" sexual behavior) will be in the U.S. to promote her new book Murder in the Name of Honor.

Feminist and human rights defender, Jordanian Rana Husseini is a leading international investigative journalist, whose reporting has put violence against women on the public agenda around the world. The recipient of numerous awards for bravery in journalism, she is a regular speaker at major international events, including having spoken at the World Organization Against Torture at the 57th Commission on Human Rights in Geneva. She has been interviewed by almost every major international broadcaster from CNN to the BBC. For more information go to: www.ranahusseini.com

In this new provocative first hand account, MURDER IN THE NAME OF HONOR, Rana Husseini chronicles the many stories behind cases of so- called honor killings that she has uncovered during years of international investigative reporting. Taking us from the narrow alleys of Old Amman to the war-torn region of Baghdad, from the bustling streets of Derby in the UK to the quiet suburbs of St Louis, USA, Rana uses her journalistic ability to meticulously reconstruct each crime scene, seeking not to shock but to humanize each murder, to help readers understand the multiple contradictions, which allow these horrendous crimes to occur.

Ms Husseini will be speaking at a number of public events.

She will be speaking in San Francisco on October 14 at 7 pm at the Modern Times Bookstore, 888 Valencia Street.

She will be speaking and signing her book in Chicago on October 19 at 7 pm at the Book Cellar, 4736 N. Lincoln Avenue at an event sponsored by Amnesty International USA and the National Organization for Women. She will be introduced by Rafia Zakaria, a member of Amnesty International's Board of Directors and an expert on women and Islamic Law.

She will be speaking in New York on October 21 at 7 pm at Bluestockings Bookstore
172 Allen Street.

She will be speaking in Washington DC on October 27 at 6:30 pm at Busboys and Poets Bookstore, 2021 14th Street.