European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 6, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse July 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 7 i am the Mother of a murdered woman and her of Ima Meh Abu whose daughter was killed by her brother As she slept killing in the name of family Honor 19yearold is victim of unforgiving tradition by dial Hadid the associated press Israel Hamda Abu Ghanem feared for her but there was no one to protect shortly after return ing Home from a battered Wom ens she was shot to death while she slept the ninth woman in her clan killed for Disho Noring the the 19yearolds crime speaking to a Man in Hamas Sisters Are in the chief witness to the slaying is missing and Arab women in this Central israeli town live in fear caught Between an unforgiving tradition that allows Little Contact be tween the a Community afflicted by violence and and anaemic govern ment several of Hamas relatives and friends took the rare step of speaking to the associated press about the terrifying world in which they live a world in which a Wom ans life can be taken with impunity by a male relative who suspects her of sexual her grieving Mother adds a silent Testi Mony wounds she has inflicted on her own flesh to Mirror the places she says her own sons bullets pierced his Sisters according to More than women and girls die across the world each year in so called Honor not islam forbids the but powerful conservative Arab tradition allows last eight women were victims in israels Arab Community of million peo women groups but although Honor killings Arent uncommon nine in one clan is a Prece police warn marked encourage them to go to try to bring suspected killers to and attempt to in list the help of Community said Limor a spokeswoman for the Ramie police but there Arent enough police in order she two men a photos shortly after returning Home from a battered women israeli Arab Hamda Abu was shot to death while she the ninth woman in her clan killed for Disho Noring the top her Ima Meh Abu Speaks next to her daughters to give the services we should Gueta a Wall of voiceless witnesses Only makes things police also a Factor police and the Ramie municipality do not have a program to prevent Honor killings a Point activists say proves violence against Arab women int taken not a priority Honor killings Arent a said Aida director of women against which sets up Shel ters for abused Arab women in Isra at the very least its a subconscious form of racism that they Are that their culture and Trade they kill their Only have been arrested in the nine Abu gha nem murders that have taken place Over the past 11 and Only one was be cause families destroyed evidence and lied to police to protect the Micky a spokesman for National when police try to probe for info nobody is Gueta this is a and nobody is willing to break Hamas older has begun speaking out against her Power armed clan and Honor killings at the risk of her own fleeing to a secret location with her six Chil Dren Days after Hamda i want to break this Wall of i want to Stop Honor Sahar told the associated press in a Telephone relatives say Hamas brother Kamil gunned her Down on he is now in and police said they intend to press murder Hamda died for Sahar she was the people who killed her have no waiting to die Abu Ghanem vigilante Justice is Well known in one was drugged by a brother and thrown in a Well after refusing to marry the Man her family Reems was stabbed to another woman slipped in the bathroom and died of her others were gunned Down or stabbed to clan women would whose turn mine or yours Sahar we Abu Ghanem women Are All waiting to she Hamda was hospitalized three times after Kamil beat she explained away the bruises and nosebleeds by saying she fell Down the lie her Ima encouraged to cover up the family Kamil was very jealous hed go crazy when neighbourhood men told him they saw his Ima Meh after the last Hamda complained to police and fled to a Kamil was but she came Home once she turned knowing she was liable to but figuring she live in the shelter soon after she her brother was released from and Hamda was shot nine times in her i am the Mother of a murdered woman and her Ima Meh told an Ara Bic she showed the a gashes and welts she inflicted on her arms and stomach after her daughter Ima Mehs sorrow also was etched on her daughters which read daughter of Ima Meh break ing traditional relations Between Hamda and her patriarchal beneath appears a verse of the Muslim holy the that denounces men who kill innocent women and if you ask the buried alive for what crime was she killed i la Superior motors map 00 973 17 813 883 kingdom of Bahrain authorized Bow military sales agent
