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“In the old country, dishonorable families who couldn’t get a Nuse the proper way resorted to stealing. These abductions were followed by rape to be effective. The girl’s family had two choices: allow her to marry the rapist, since he’d taken her biggest asset, or kill him. But who would marry a girl who was no longer a virgin?”
― Hane Selmani, A Country Called Brooklyn: Blood Feuds, Family Honor & My Sister's Murder