Honor Killings in the Middle East and North Africa

A systematic review of the research literature on honor killings in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) indicates a paucity of studies relative to the presumed magnitude of the problem. Forty articles were reviewed and critically appraised, of which only 9 contained primary data and 11 presented original secondary analyses. Despite a recent increase in published studies, persistent methodological limitations restrict the generalizability of findings. Most studies focus on legal aspects, determinants, and characteristics of victims and perpetrators. Victims are mostly young females murdered by their male kin. Unambiguous evidence of a decline in tolerance of honor killings remains elusive.

[1]  L. Brown.  Arab Human Development Report 2022 , 2022, Arab Human Development Report.

[2]  Lama Abu-Odeh.  CRIMES OF HONOR AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER IN ARAB SOCIETIES , 2011 .

[3]  Mohamed Aaatil.  Crimes of Honour , 2011 .

[4]  P. Chesler.  Are Honor Killings Simply Domestic Violence , 2009 .

[5]  A. Korteweg,et al.  Islam, gender, and immigrant integration: boundary drawing in discourses on honour killing in the Netherlands and Germany , 2009 .

[6]  S. Bergström,et al.  Deaths among Young, Single Women in 2000–2001 in the West Bank, Palestinian Occupied Territories , 2008, Reproductive Health Matters.

[7]  A. Kulczycki,et al.  What We Know About Intimate Partner Violence in the Middle East and North Africa , 2008, Violence against women.

[8]  H. Mirza,et al.  “There is nothing ‘honourable’ about honour killings”: Gender, violence and the limits of multiculturalism , 2007 .

[9]  Sameena Nazir,et al.  Women's Rights in the Middle East and North Africa: Citizenship and Justice , 2005 .

[10]  C. Warrick.  The Vanishing Victim: Criminal Law and Gender in Jordan , 2005 .

[11]  B. Diken,et al.  Becoming Abject: Rape as a Weapon of War , 2005 .

[12]  I. Yüksel,et al.  The dynamics of honor killings in Turkey: prospects for action. , 2005 .

[13]  Aysan Sev’er.  In the Name of Fathers: Honour Killings and Some Examples from South-eastern Turkey , 2005 .

[14]  L. Vetten.  "Violence against women: Good practices in combating and eliminating violence against women" Expert Group Meeting Organized by: UN Division for the Advancement of Women in collaboration with: UN Office on Drugs and Crime , 2005 .

[15]  G. Whitlock.  Tainted Testimony : The Khouri Affair , 2004 .

[16]  Dicle Koğacıoğlu.  The Tradition Effect: Framing Honor Crimes in Turkey , 2004 .

[17]  M. Lau.  Honour. Crimes, paradigms and violence against women , 2004 .

[18]  Wendy Mann.  Lives Together, Worlds Apart: Men and Women in a Time of Change , 2004 .

[19]  Paul Rivlin.  The Arab Human Development Report , 2003 .

[20]  Stefanie Nanes.  Fighting Honor Crimes: Evidence of Civil Society in Jordan , 2003 .

[21]  Shahrzad Mojab.  "Honor Killing": Culture, Politics and Theory , 2002 .

[22]  A. Kulwicki.  THE PRACTICE OF HONOR CRIMES: A GLIMPSE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE ARAB WORLD , 2002, Issues in mental health nursing.

[23]  Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian.  Femicide and the Palestinian Criminal Justice System: Seeds of Change in the Context of State Building? , 2002 .

[24]  Other.  Arab human development report 2002: creating opportunities for future generations , 2002 .

[25]  Aysan Sev’er,et al.  Culture of Honor, Culture of Change , 2001 .

[26]  C. Arın.  Femicide in the Name of Honor in Turkey , 2001 .

[27]  S. Araji,et al.  Family Violence Including Crimes of Honor in Jordan , 2001 .

[28]  Amani M. Awwad.  Gossip, Scandal, Shame and Honor Killing: A Case for Social Constructionism and Hegemonic Discourse , 2001 .

[29]  Fadia Faqir.  Intrafamily femicide in defence of honour: The case of Jordan , 2001 .

[30]  A. Kulwicki,et al.  A review of 16 cases of honour killings in Jordan in 1995 , 2001, International Journal of Legal Medicine.

[31]  Yotam Feldner.  "Honor" Murders – Why the Perps Get off Easy , 2000 .

[32]  Suzanne Ruggi.  Commodifying Honor in Female Sexuality: Honor Killings in Palestine , 1998 .

[33]  Ilsa M. Glazer,et al.  On aggression, human rights, and hegemonic discourse: The case of a murder for family honor in Israel , 1994 .

[34]  David Gilmore.  Honor and shame and the unity of the Mediterranean , 1988 .

[35]  A. Khazanov,et al.  Sororicide/Filiacide: Homicide for Family Honour [and Comments and Reply] , 1981, Current Anthropology.

[36]  J. Peristiany.  Honour and Shame: The Values of Mediterranean Society , 1966 .

[37]  N. Coulson.  School of Oriental and African Studies , 1939, Nature.