honor killing

In northern Iraq
Lived a girl named Dua Khalil
This unfortunate poem
Is about how she got killed
She was a Kurdish girl
17 years old
Age of your friends or your children
Makes the story more cold
She was living believing
In a thing called yazidi
An ancient Middle Eastern religion
That goes on believing
That people should not inter mix
With other religions
And unfortunately for khalil
She became a victim
Seen walking down the street
With a Sunni Muslim man
Maybe they were kissing?
Maybe holding hands?
She hadn’t married or converted
But the family name was dishonored
So they stoned this poor child
Killing their own daughter
In retaliation of course
About twenty-four yazidis dead
Gunned down by the Sunnis
Another debt that’s been paid
And that’s the sad story
Of Dua Khalils death
I hope you have my same feeling
An aching in your breast

Much of this poem is direct quotes from an article by cnn that can be found at this address. I don’t want to take all the credit.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/18/iraq.honorkilling/index.html