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Saudi wants divorce after husband lifts her veil
(Never showed her face in 30 years of marriage)
alarabiya.net ^
| 08-Oct-2007
| Al Arabiya.net
Posted on 05/19/2008 8:21:08 PM PDT by Cronos
DUBAI (AlArabiya.net)
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.
In the past Al Arabiya has reported the case of Ali al-Qahtani, whose wife had been wearing the face veil for the entire ten years of their marrage. When he tried to take it off, she threatened to leave and only decided to stay after he swore never to try again.
Hassan Al-Atibi threatened to marry another woman if his wife didn't show him her face. The woman nominated one of her friends who doesn't observe this tradition as a possible new wife for him, saying this would be better than her showing her face.
And neither the husband or children of Om Rabea al-Gahdaray, 70, have ever seen her face. Al-Gahdaray says it is a family tradition, also followed by mother and sisters, which her husband accepted and never tried to change.
When asked how she could have kids without her husband ever seeing her face, she replied: "Marriage is about love, not faces."
The practice of always remaining veiled, even in front of your husband, is not an Islamic practice but a very old tradition practiced by a minority of people in Gulf countries. |
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: arab; islam; muslim; saudiarabia; stoneagesavages
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hmmmm... "Marriage is about love, not faces."
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posted on
05/19/2008 8:21:09 PM PDT
by
Cronos
To: Cronos
Perhaps Helen Thomas could be convinced to convert?
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posted on
05/19/2008 8:22:54 PM PDT
by
SoldierDad
(Proud Dad of a 2nd BCT 10th Mountain Soldier home after 15 months in the Triangle of death)
To: Cronos
Good picture. Looks just like her.
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posted on
05/19/2008 8:23:12 PM PDT
by
irishtenor
(Check out my blog at http://boompa53.blogspot.com/)
To: Cronos
If she looks like Helen Thomas or Betty Friedan, it is better to leave the veil on.
Remember what happened to people who looked directly at Medusa!
To: Cronos
What part can a man look at?
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posted on
05/19/2008 8:24:16 PM PDT
by
woofie
To: Cronos
It is also a common practice in bars in America at closing time.
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posted on
05/19/2008 8:24:40 PM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
(If you don't want people to get your goat, don't tell them where it's tied.)
To: Cronos
What kind of fool would want to see a 50-year-old arab woman's face???
Nightmares are made of this!
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posted on
05/19/2008 8:26:31 PM PDT
by
Redbob
(WWJBD - "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
To: Cronos
Ridiculous religious bondage in never revealing a face to your spouse. A prison made of cloth costume.
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posted on
05/19/2008 8:28:27 PM PDT
by
tflabo
(Truth or tyranny)
To: Cronos
The Wal-mart Greeter
A very loud, unattractive, mean, nasty woman walked into Wal-Mart
with her two kids, yelling obscenities at them all the way through the entrance.
The Wal-Mart Greeter said pleasantly ‘Good morning, and welcome to Wal-Mart.
Nice children you have there. Are they twins?’
The ugly woman stopped yelling long enough to say, ‘Hell no they ain’t.
‘The oldest one’s 9 and the other one’s 7. Why the hell would you think they’re twins? Are you blind, or just stupid?’
‘I’m neither blind nor stupid, Ma’am,’ replied the greeter. \
‘I just couldn’t believe you got laid twice.’
‘Have a good day and thank you for shopping at Wal-Mart.’
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posted on
05/19/2008 8:29:40 PM PDT
by
umgud
(Hillary still has broad support......... in her girdle)
To: Cronos
The practice of always remaining veiled, even in front of your husband, is not an Islamic practice but a very old tradition practiced by a minority of people in Gulf countries. Probably started when the men discovered their women looked better veiled.
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posted on
05/19/2008 8:33:13 PM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: Cronos
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posted on
05/19/2008 8:33:28 PM PDT
by
boocoowell
(2008 Election: Heads the libs win, tails conservatives lose.)
To: umgud
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posted on
05/19/2008 8:37:00 PM PDT
by
ken21
( people die + you never hear from them again.)
To: Cronos
that’s a goofy,
if not evil
religion.
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posted on
05/19/2008 8:37:26 PM PDT
by
ken21
( people die + you never hear from them again.)
To: umgud
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posted on
05/19/2008 8:44:44 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Cronos
To: Paleo Conservative
Can you imagine ripping off the veil after decades just to see that?
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posted on
05/19/2008 8:49:59 PM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: Mr. Mojo
Can you imagine ripping off the veil after decades just to see that? Well when you consider the women in this village never show their faces to their husbands, there is no selective pressure for female beauty.
To: irishtenor
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posted on
05/19/2008 8:54:25 PM PDT
by
Cronos
("Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant" - Omar Ahmed, CAIR)
To: Cronos
I had a Prof in Bible college that bragged that she and her husband had only had sex through a hole in the sheet. I kid you not.
She said oral sex was immoral because you shouldn’t force your spouse to do something they don’t want to do and nobody would ever, ever want to do that....
Her Human Sexuality course was...um...interesting.
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posted on
05/19/2008 8:55:30 PM PDT
by
Uriah_lost
(The good guys must breed and continue to do so, or it is all for naught- A Smart Man)
To: woofie
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posted on
05/19/2008 8:56:38 PM PDT
by
farlander
(Try not to wear milk bone underwear - it's a dog eat dog financial world)
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