On Sunday, by court order, Rania Al-Baz was finally divorced from her abusive husband, Mohammed Al-Fallatah. After failing three times to appear in court, Al-Fallatah was brought in by an official of the area where he lives. "I'm glad it only took four sessions for him to divorce me; I know of other women who can't get divorced for years because their husbands fail to show up in court," Rania said. She was pleased with the ruling even though she had to forfeit SR35,000. She explained, "The judge ordered him to divorce me. He then asked for me to forfeit the SR35,000 which was part of our prenuptial agreement if I asked for a divorce. I agreed to do so and then he had the audacity to ask for custody of our children, claiming that I was an unfit mother. The judge refused to listen to him." |