Photo Gallery Honor Killing in Germany
She was only 16, and all she wanted was to live the way other teenagers do in Germany. But Morsal Obeidi's Afghan family felt that this was an affront to their honor. In the end, her brother stabbed her to death. The case shows how dangerous archaic traditions can become when integration fails.

Sixteen-year-old honor killing victim Morsal Obeidi: a daily struggle to be the kind of person she wanted to be.
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Morsal Obeidi was stabbed 20 times and died of her injuries before she arrived at the hospital.
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The confessed killer, Morsal's brother Ahmad Obeidi: He resented her for her uncovered hair, her makeup and her short skirts.
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Morsal's buriel: The family, in this new, foreign world in Germany, could not be allowed to disintegrate. On May 15, 2008, it did.
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Morsal Obeidi's grieving parents: According to the Hamburg youth welfare agency's file, her father beat her relentlessly.
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