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Never showed her face in 30 years of marriage : Saudi wants divorce after husband lifts her veil
Al Arabiya ^
| 08 October 2007
Posted on 05/18/2008 11:26:27 AM PDT by george76
A 50-year-old Saudi woman asked for divorce after her husband lifted her face veil while she was sleeping, local press reported.
For 30 years, the wife said she never showed her face to her husband in conformity with the tradition of her native village near the south western Saudi city of Khamis Mushayt.
"After all these years, he tries to commit such a big mistake," the wife told Saudi newspaper Al-Riyadh, after she left the house in total disbelief.
She said the husband apologized and promised never to do it again.
This is not the first case of husbands who have not seen their wives' faces in decades.
When asked how she could have kids without her husband ever seeing her face, she replied: "Marriage is about love, not faces."
(Excerpt) Read more at alarabiya.net ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: arab; dubai; islam; muslim; religionofpeace; rop; saudi; saudiarabia; stoneagesavages; trop; wot
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posted on
05/18/2008 11:26:27 AM PDT
by
george76
To: forkinsocket; SJackson
“Marriage is about love, not faces.”
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posted on
05/18/2008 11:27:00 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
Aunt Ida!!
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posted on
05/18/2008 11:31:42 AM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: mhking
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posted on
05/18/2008 11:31:42 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: george76
Islam is about institutionalized Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
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posted on
05/18/2008 11:32:02 AM PDT
by
weegee
(We cant keep our homes on 72 at all times & just expect that other countries are going to say OK -BO)
To: george76
"After all these years, he tries to commit such a big mistake," the wife told Saudi newspaper Al-Riyadh, after she left the house in total disbelief. This is hysterical. Come on, this had to be a joke, right?
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posted on
05/18/2008 11:33:15 AM PDT
by
apt4truth
To: george76
When asked how she could have kids without her husband ever seeing her face ..... Who asked that?
Monica Lewinsky?
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posted on
05/18/2008 11:33:28 AM PDT
by
Polybius
To: george76
One of the comments on Alarabiya’s web site is from an Arab wondering how the husband is supposed to make sure his wife is not one of those who go to the mall without her veil if he doesn’t even know what she looks like.
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posted on
05/18/2008 11:33:57 AM PDT
by
SeeSharp
To: george76
... the wife told Saudi newspaper Al-Riyadh, after she left the house in total disbelief. I call BS. Saudi women are not allowed to leave their homes unless accompanied by their husbands or male relatives.
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posted on
05/18/2008 11:34:06 AM PDT
by
pnh102
(Save America - Ban Ethanol Now!)
To: george76
When asked how she could have kids without her husband ever seeing her face, she replied:
"If you have to be given a lesson in reproductive biology, you're even weirder than I am."
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posted on
05/18/2008 11:35:28 AM PDT
by
aruanan
To: Doogle
For once I agree with the cat!
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posted on
05/18/2008 11:36:04 AM PDT
by
org.whodat
(What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
To: george76
"Marriage is about love, not faces"
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posted on
05/18/2008 11:38:17 AM PDT
by
Free ThinkerNY
((((Obama's issues would be better resolved in a psychotherapists office, than in the Oval Office))))
To: george76
The comments at the Alarabiya site are funnier than the article. LOL - great find, george76.
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posted on
05/18/2008 11:43:04 AM PDT
by
indcons
To: apt4truth
To: george76
When asked how she could have kids without her husband ever seeing her face, she replied: "I'll tell you what I was constantly telling him. Get off my back!"
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posted on
05/18/2008 11:46:13 AM PDT
by
FredZarguna
("I want that crazy uncle institutionalized, pronto.")
To: george76
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posted on
05/18/2008 11:48:22 AM PDT
by
Hugin
(Mecca delenda est!)
To: Free ThinkerNY
To: indcons; PhilDragoo; SunkenCiv; jazusamo; Cicero; F15Eagle; Fred Nerks; Beckwith; neverdem; ...
looks like the Eyes have it.
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posted on
05/18/2008 11:57:15 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Thanks! The world is filled with beauty... and then there’s Helen Thomas.
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posted on
05/18/2008 11:58:13 AM PDT
by
RU88
(The false messiah can not change water into wine any more than he can get unity from diversity.)
To: george76
It sounds like a great custom for marrying off homely women.
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posted on
05/18/2008 11:58:13 AM PDT
by
devere
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