Forbidden Lie$

2007 • 108 minutes

About this movie

Norma Khouri's best friend Dalia's was murdered by her own father: she had brought disgrace on the family by falling in love with a Christian. Fearing for her own life, Khouri fled Jordan and penned an expose of the pan-arab practice of "honour killing" through her first person account of Dalia's life. The book, Forbidden Love, went on to become an international Bestseller. But no-one else knew of Dalia. Was Khouri's non-ficti Film Finance Corporation Australia Limited, New South Wales Film and Television Office, South Australian Film Corporation, 2007 Adelaide Film Festival, Australian Film Commission, Palace Films and Liberty Productions Pty Ltd.