Abstract
Abstract
Jordanian journalist Daliah al-Kury carried out investigative research into a criminal case in her hometown of Amman in 2014: a long-term unemployed baker killed his four-year-old daughter after his wife and sons had moved out of the house following two weeks of domestic conflict, leaving him alone with the girl. According to police and psychiatrists, he claimed his daughter was possessed by a djinn. Al-Kury presents interviews with imams and traditional healers as well as some examples of traditional exorcisms in order to analyze the case, digging deeper into the topic and reflecting on her own childhood, having been raised with such beliefs. The case reflects a conflict (not only) in Jordan between traditional religious beliefs and healing systems on the one hand, and secular modern medicine, psychiatry, and law on the other.
Publisher
Oxford University PressNew York, NY
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