I watched Forbidden Lies the other day with my mamushka.
Did anyone read the book Forbidden Love? I could lie and say that I did but I didn't. Apparently, it's about a Muslim girl in Jordan who, after being caught shticking it to a Christian soldier, is murdered by her father and brothers in an honor killing. It's based on a true story, according to the author.
The book, I guess, is bullshit. Make-believe. Fake. Not true. Fiction. This film? It breaks down the lies. The writer? A con-woman. Fucking good at it too, I'd say.
Anyways, I totally recommend this film.
The thing is, honor killings? They happen. Every day they happen. In Jordan and Saudi Arabia and even in North America. An "honor" killing is when a father or brother kills their daughter or sister because she broke some Muslim law. Arbitrary laws. And these killings? In a lot of places they come with light sentences or no sentence at all. What makes me sick, even more than the fact that this goes on, is the fact that Khouri trivialized it by lying about it. Her book shook a lot of people up and it opened a lot of eyes and now? We're back past square one. If she had just said: this is fiction, but it very possibly could have happened. Stories like this happen everyday. But no, she lied and then when she was caught lying? She continued to lie. Today? She's still lying.
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