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Seven Stones - Venus Khoury-Ghata
Seven Stones - Venus Khoury-Ghata
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In Khouf, a city on the windswept fringes of the Sahel desert, awoman named Noor has been sentenced to death for adultery. Tothe religious authorities, it makes no difference that she wasactually raped. The stones that will wash away the family’sdishonour in blood are ready in a pile in the village square. Onlyforty days to go. Confronted with Noor’s resignation at hermisguided fate, a French charity worker whose own life has begunto unravel, decides to take on Noor’s plight and fights to have thefatwa reversed, creating a powerful bond between the two women,one that transcends culture and religion.