CarolC, I'm well aware of the sex slave trade -- and the slave trade in general. I'm also aware of the trade in children for sexual abuse, and the trade in "immigrants", whether for sweat shops or anything else. None of this makes me proud to be living in a "developed" country -- all I can do is assist however I can those who are trying to stop these atrocities.

But Souad's story makes it evident that such changes are going to have to go very deep indeed if this evil is going to be uprooted. It's going to require a fundamental change in the thinking of a people, thinking that goes back centuries -- and not just to stop "honor killings."