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Article: CULTURAL VICTIMS DIE IN `CRIMES OF HONOR'.(Television)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- February 28, 2000
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She ran away for love. Her price? Death. Rania Arafat, age 23, was shot five times by her younger brother. He was under orders from the family. ``Honor'' was the reason. Or dishonor, which is what Rania is said to have brought upon her family for refusing to marry the cousin to whom she'd been promised from the time she was a little girl.
This somber exploration of a Middle Eastern murder, committed to uphold the so-called family code, is the latest installment of ``Cinemax Reel Life,'' the documentary series that is gaining a reputation for producing harrowing stories with strong viewpoints.
Much like the PBS documentary series ``POV,'' the stances ...