Honor killing in Asia

Uzbek dancer and honor killing victim

Saudi royal (1958–1977)

Uzbek actress and honor killing victim

Nāmūs is an Arabic word describing an ethical category in Middle Eastern patriarchal character. Often literally translated as "virtue", it is now more popularly used in a strong gender-specific context of relations within a family described in terms of honor, attention, respect/respectability, and modesty.

1980 film directed by Antony Thomas