by Souad · Edições ASA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789724136868
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«Queimada Viva» is Souad's autobiographical testimony, published by Edições ASA in paperback (192 pages, in Portuguese).
Souad, seventeen and pregnant in her West Bank village, is condemned for loving before marriage. Her brother-in-law must douse her with gasoline and set her on fire; she miraculously survives. Years later, she denounces honor crimes and the silence surrounding thousands of women.
Original title: «Brûlée Vive» (2003). Portuguese translation by Teresa Curvelo.
For readers of testimonies and memoirs on women's rights and honor crimes.
