London-Based Palestinian Activist: Perpetrators Of ‘Honor Killings’ Are Greatly Respected In Arab Society | MEMRI

On November 27, 2016, the liberal website Elaph marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which had occurred two days earlier, with a report on the situation of women in Algeria and the rising violence against them.[1] The next day, Ahlam Akram, a Palestinian journalist, researcher and human and women\’s rights activist who resides in London, responded to this report in an article titled “Legally Sanctioned Violence in Arab Societies.” She wrote that the report\’s findings are valid for women not only in Algeria but across the Arab world.