Jordanian Journalist Rana Husseini on "Murder In The Name Of Honor: The True Story Of One Woman's Heroic Fight

Rana Husseini is among the world’s leading advocates against these so-called honor killings. In 1994 she was a young journalist with the Jordan Times and began uncovering dozens of stories of women killed by their own family members because of what the family thought was immoral behavior on the part of the women.

Since then Rana Husseini has continued to investigate and speak out about this form of violence whether in Jordan or other parts of the world. She’s just out with a book chronicling some of these stories. Its called “Murder in the Name of Honor.”

Award-winning investigate journalist and activist Rana Husseini joins us now here in New York.

Rana Husseini, Investigative journalist and activist from Jordan. She is a leading advocate against so-called “honor killings” in Jordan and around the world. She is the author of a book called “Murder in the Name of Honor.”