Palestinian honor killing

Palestinian-Israeli filmmaker's tragedy about honor killings wins top prizes at Monte-Carlo

It was produced both as a four-part television series for Makan, Israel’s Arabic-language public television channel, and as a feature-length work for theatrical and festival release.

|ByKEN TOLTZ
THE CAST and crew of ‘Fadia’ win the Best Film Award during the 65th Monte-Carlo Television Festival in June.
A protestor carries a poster during a demonstration to protest against femicide, sexual violence and all gender-based violence ahead of the International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women, in Valletta, Malta November 23, 2025.

Femicide in Israel: Man indicted for burning ex-wife to death after months of threats

On November 10, prosecutors claimed that Mahamid ambushed A. while she drove home from her work in Harish. He allegedly doused his ex-wife and her car in gasoline before setting it alight.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Names of women murdered by their husbands hang on billboards in Jerusalem on June 16, 2020, as part of protest actions to raise awareness of violence against women.

Femicide in Israel on the rise, particularly among Jewish-Israeli women

Over the past year, 32 women from both Jewish and Arab backgrounds were victims of femicide.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Women shop at a street in Tehran, Iran, November 29, 2021.

What do MENA Muslims think about the role of women in society? – study

The researchers surveyed respondents from Algeria, Egypt, Pakistan, Tunisia, Turkey, and the Palestinian Territories on their perception of women's chastity and marital patriarchy.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

After years-long fight, justice in Pakistan over 'honor killings'

Even though Pakistan declared ‘Jirgas’ or tribal councils unconstitutional in 2004, they continue to issue honor killing decrees.

DECEMBER 4, 2018ByARSHAD MEHMOOD / THE MEDIA LINE
Rangers arrive at the Supreme Court in Islamabad, Pakistan, 2018.

Why hell hath no fury like a ‘progressive’ scorned

FEBRUARY 1, 2017ByHUGH ASH
The Jerusalem Post

PA official: Top suspect in killing of two PA officers arrested and beaten to death

The killing of Halawa has elicited a wide range of responses from Palestinian officials.

AUGUST 23, 2016ByADAM RASGON
Palestinian Authority police officers stand guard in the West Bank [File]

A stain on their honor

As Palestinian women seek to gain greater economic and social independence, the territories have seen a surge in honor killings.

FEBRUARY 12, 2014ByJIHAN ABDALLA
Women demonstrate against violence against women at the spot where Nancy Zaboun was murdered by her husband in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on July 31, 2012; the sign declares in Arabic, ‘Protecting women from violence is an official and social responsibility’