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Article: Saudi women speak publicly about divorce.(WORLD)(Saudi Divorce Initiative Forum)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- December 12, 2008
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Byline: Caryle Murphy Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
Dammam, Saudi Arabia -- Unlike many Saudi women her age, Maha did not have an arranged marriage. Instead, she wed a young man she'd known and liked since they played together as children.
"Really, it's a love story," added the attractive, 40-something woman with short curly hair, who asked to be identified only by her first name.
That's why the divorce, and the way she found out, was a shock.
Maya was at her parents' home for a short vacation when her husband's brother came to the door and delivered the court decree: She and her husband of 10 years were no longer ...