So declared one tribal leader when pressed on the issue of "honour killings" in Jordan, where approximately every two weeks a woman is killed by a male relative because of the shame she has brought upon her family by an alleged sexual transgression - "sins" which include being raped.

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She is the first female recipient of the prize since Kathleen Jamie in 2004, and the first American woman to receive the honour.

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