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A crime that has shocked al-Minyā Governorate, where three Copts in the village of Abshādāt, in the center of Mallāwī, were shot at, killed and mutilated by a group of individuals in an alleged case of revenge [thāʿr], as the perpetrators danced on the victims’ bodies. 
“It is better to die in revenge than to live on in shame” a saying associated with Upper Egypt, where it continues to be increasingly deadly as people stick to their parents and grandparents’ traditions.
Thāʿr, translated roughly as “the avenging of a murdered family member,” continues to cast a shadow over society despite the information revolution and the rise in education.  In Upper Egypt, it continues to be increasingly deadly as people stick to their parents and grandparents’ traditions.
The author poses the question whether women in Upper Egypt, who encourage their children to carry out the undesirable traditional habit of feuds...are victims of harsh conditions or semi-criminals.
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