Noura Hussein Hammad (Arabic: نورة حسين حماد) is a Sudanese woman who was sentenced to death by hanging[1] on 10 May 2018 for killing her husband after he raped her.
[2] In June 2018, Sudan commuted her sentence to five years in prison and a restitution payment of 337,000 Sudanese pounds (US $18,700).
[5][6] The defendant claimed the rape occurred while she was restrained by her husband's family members immediately after her marriage.
[7] The husband's family declined opportunities to pardon Hussein or accept financial compensation in lieu of her execution.
[11] In Literature: This issue was written about by Emtithal Mahmoud in her chapter 'Sharia state (of mind)' in the book 'Feminists don't wear pink and other lies' by Scarlett Curtis.