USA – Arizona: Noor Faleh Almaleki, 20-killed by her father, October 2009

Noor Faleh Almaleki was an Iraqi American who was killed when her father Faleh Hassan Almaleki, hit her with his car in Peoria, Arizona in an act of filicide. Noor was attending Glendale Community College. She clashed with her parents over her lifestyle and clothing. Her father took her to Iraq to marry an older cousin, but she flew back to Arizona in 2008 and began dating someone of her own choice. On October 20th, 2009, Noor was assisting her boyfriend’s mother with translation at an office of the Arizona Department of Economic Security, in Peoria. Outside the office, Falehed crash into them with his vehicle as part of an honor killing.  As a result of her injuries, Noor suffered brain bleeding and died.