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Essay / Honor Killing Essay - 1876
By doing this, the community will think that the husband is a bad man and that is not how he wants to be portrayed. This gives him a bad reputation and his reputation trumps that of his family (Chesler) at all times. Nancy Zaboun, a 27-year-old mother, was murdered by her husband shortly after attending a divorce hearing. This mother of three children had reported physical and verbal violence to the authorities during the ten years of their marriage. Finally, having the courage to divorce her husband, he burned her alive in front of their children.