​Abstract In Malfatto 2020, Emilienne Malfatto, writer, journalist, and photographer, published her first novel Que sur toi se lamente le tigre with Éditions Elyzad in Tunisia. In this first-person polyphonic novel, the inner voices of the characters weave the story of an “honor killing,” set in contemporary Iraq. By employing polyphony as a narrative principle, Emilienne Malfatto manages to multiply viewpoints and juxtapose the characters’ interiorities, thereby providing a comprehensive view of what can be described as an “honor killing.” She thereby raises psychological, sociological, and ideological issues governing the relationships between individuals, society, and traditions. Additionally, through the first-person narration, she offers readers the opportunity to identify with different characters and access their consciousness to grasp nuances, motives, and consequences. Within this labyrinth of narrative voices recounting an honor killing, we ponder the role of fiction in staging such crimes and the use of narrative polyphony by the writer to give voice to both the perpetrator and the victim. This approach could shed light on the psychological, sociological, and ideological stakes of phenomenon of “honor killings.” ​