In the eyes of their community he was a hero. One morning while Souad was washing the family's clothes, he crept up on her, poured petrol over her and set her alight. Her brother-in-law was given the task of arranging her punishment. In her village, as in so many others, sex before marriage was considered a grave dishonour to one's family and was punishable by death. When Souad was seventeen she fell in love.
