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Thanks to Madman films, we have four copies of the outstanding documentary Forbidden Lie$ to give away.

Forbidden Lie$ is about Norma Khouri, who wrote Forbidden Love, supposedly a non fiction book about the “honour killing” of her friend in Jordan.

The book was a bestseller — it was translated into multiple languages, and Khouri, who claimed she was still a virgin, became the toast of the literary world. That’s until Sydney Morning Herald journalist Malcolm Knox exposed her book as a work of fiction, revealing that Khouri was not in fact living in Jordan during the timeframe of Forbidden Love, but was living in Chicago with her husband and their two children.

The documentary sets Norma’s story against the stories of those who believe she conned them, including her publishers Random House, the FBI, her next door neighbour in Chicago and even her husband.

The weirdest part is that Norma Khouri, who was in hiding, appears freely throughout this film, helping with reconstructions and maintaining her story the whole way while journalists and those who know her point to factual inaccuracies and evidence that indicates she has been lying the whole time.

It’s outstanding, compelling viewing — if you’d like a copy of this DVD email us at with “Forbidden Lies” in the subject line. (Rating: M – Contains violence and offensive language) [update: all gone now!]