PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — Noor Faleh Almaleki just wanted to be a normal American woman.
The striking 20-year-old from Iraq, who'd lived in Phoenix since she was a young girl, wanted her hair and makeup to be perfect, her clothes to be fashionable. She wanted a job, a degree, and a husband of her own choosing.
Noor's father had a different ideal for his daughter: a life strictly in line with traditional Iraqi culture.
Friends and family say that he made her quit her fast-food restaurant job and arranged for her to marry a man in Iraq she didn't know.
Finally, police say, 48-year-old Faleh Hassan Almaleki put an end to what he perceived to be his daughter's rebellious life.
He's accused of slaying his daughter in what prosecutors are calling an "honor killing," in which someone is killed to cleanse a family's honor from perceived indiscretions.
