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The Stoning of Soraya M.: A Story of Injustice in Iran Day by daysometimes minute by minuteSahebjam deftly recounts these horrendous events, tracing Soraya’s life with searing immediacy, from her arranged marriage and the births of her children to
Title | : | The Stoning of Soraya M.: A Story of Injustice in Iran |
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.83 (271 Votes) |
Id Book | : | 161145025X |
Format Type | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2011-04-27 |
Type File | : | PDF, DOC, RTF, ePub |
Soraya M.’s husband, Ghorban-Ali, couldn’t afford to marry another woman. Rather than returning Soraya’s dowry, as custom required before taking a second wife, he plotted with four friends and a counterfeit mullah to dispose of her. Together, they accused Soraya of adultery. Her only crime was cooking for a friend’s widowed husband. Exhausted by a lifetime of abuse and hardship, Soraya said nothing, and the makeshift tribunal took her silence as a confession of guilt. They sentenced her to death by stoning: a punishment prohibited by Islam but widely practiced. Day by daysometimes minute by minuteSahebjam deftly recounts these horrendous events, tracing Soraya’s life with searing immediacy, from her arranged marriage and the births of her children to her husband’s increasing cruelty and her horrifying execution, where, by tradition, her father, husband, and sons hurled the first stones. A stark look at the intersection between culture and justice, th
Freidoune Sahebjam, the son of a former Iranian ambassador, is a journalist who was sentenced to death in absentia for his undercover reporting criticizing the Iranian government. He lives in hiding in France.
Richard Seaver was a publisher, editor, and translator. He passed away in 2009.
Richard Seaver was a publisher, editor, and translator. He passed away in 2009.
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