Origin: U.S.A.
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Tarihi Jivant Mi (in Maratí)
Souad
Synopsis "Tarihi Jivant Mi (in Maratí)"
WHEN SOUAD WAS SEVENTEEN SHE FELL IN LOVE. IN HER WEST BANK VILLAGE, AS IN SO MANY OTHERS, SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE IS CONSIDERED A GRAVE DISHONOR TO ONE S FAMILY AND IS PUNISHABLE BY DEATH. THIS WAS HER CRIME. HER BROTHER-IN-LAW WAS GIVEN THE TASK OF METING OUT HER PUNISHMENT. ONE MORNING WHILE SOUAD WAS WASHING THE FAMILY S CLOTHES, HE POURED GASOLINE OVER HER AND SET HER ON FIRE. MIRACULOUSLY, SHE SURVIVED, RESCUED BY WOMEN OF HER VILLAGE, WHO PUT OUT THE FLAMES AND TOOK HER TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. HORRIBLY BURNED OVER SEVENTY PERCENT OF HER BODY AND STILL DENOUNCED BY HER FAMILY, SOUAD WAS ABLE TO RECEIVE THE CARE SHE NEEDED ONLY AFTER THE INTERVENTION OF A EUROPEAN AID WORKER. NOW IN PERMANENT EXILE FROM HER HOMELAND, SHE HAS DECIDED TO TELL HER STORY AND REVEAL THE BARBARITY OF A PRACTICE THAT CONTINUES TO THIS DAY. BURNED ALIVE ...IS THE FIRST TRUE ACCOUNT EVER PUBLISHED BY A VICTIM OF AN ""HONOR CRIME."" SOUAD S INSPIRING TESTIMONY IS A SHOCKING, MOVING, AND HARROWING STORY OF CRUELTY AND INCOMPARABLE COURAGE...AND AN INSPIRING CALL TO ACTION TO END A HEINOUS TRADITION. बन्र्ड अलाइव्ह ही सुआद नावाच्या पॅलोस्टिनी तरुणीची कहाणी आहे. एखाद्या मुलाकडे नुसतं पाहिलं किंवा त्याच्याशी बोललं म्हणून नावं ठेवणा-या संकुचित आणि पुरोगामी पॅलोस्टिनी समाजात एक तरुण सुआदला लग्नाचं वचन देऊन फसवतो. याची कठोर शिक्षा सुआदला मिळते आणि तिच्या पोटात वाढत असलेल्या बाळासह तिला जिवंत पेटवून दिलं जातं. ऑनर क्राइमच्या या क्रूर अनुभवातून सुआद वाचते. समाजसेवी संघटनेच्या एका कार्यकर्तीमुळे सुआदला जीवनदान मिळतं आणि युरोपात तिचं नवं आयुष्य सुरू होतं. बालपणी सोसलेला कमालीचा छळ, गुरासारखा खाल्लेला मार, मरेस्तोवर केलेलं काम आणि दुसरीकडे, युरोपातल्या पुढारलेल्या समाजातलं जीवन, आगीच्या खाणाखुणा अंगावर वागवत जिणं, नवरा-मुलांकडून प्रेम, मानसिक आधार मिळालेली सुआद डोंगराएवढं धाडस करून तिची कथा सगळ्या जगासमोर मांडते. तिच्यासारखा प्रसंग ओढवलेल्या मुलींना धीर देण्याचा प्रयत्न करते. हा तिचा प्रवास काळजाला घरं पाडणार&
