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GRITtv: Rana Husseini: Honor Killings a Global Problem

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One of the Utne Reader's 2009 Visionaries, Rana Husseini is a journalist on a mission: to tell the stories of women who are killed to restore "honor" to the family. Husseini fights to ?at least give them the right to be reported, that they died," and her new book, Murder in the Name of Honor, gives voice to many of these women, who were killed for "becoming too Westernized" or in some cases for being victims of rape. And lest you think that this is only a problem in Middle Eastern countries like Husseini's native Jordan, she notes that women in the U.S.

Democracy Now!: Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009

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In the news: While $900 billion over ten years may sound like a hefty price tag to fix the healthcare system, it is a mere fraction of this country’s spending on the military, which is expected to grow by at least $133.1 billion over the next decade. Israeli journalist Amira Hass joins us to talk about covering the Israel-Palestine conflict, the Goldstone report on the Israeli assault on Gaza, and the need to understand the issue in the context of military occupation.

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