: Investigative journalists and historians found numerous factual errors regarding Jordanian law, geography, and customs.

The story of Honor Perdido (published in English as Honor Lost or Forbidden Love ) is a tragic and controversial account by Norma Khouri, which she initially presented as a true memoir of friendship and loss in Jordan. The Narrative of the Book

: Despite the book being largely discredited as a work of non-fiction, it remains a poignant, albeit fictionalized, representation of the real and ongoing issue of honor killings that affects many women globally.