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Rania Finally Gets Divorce
2005-01-04
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."
Posted by:Fred

#5  Why is it that we jump through every hoop to help victims of the "big surf," but ignore the evil committed by man?

One is controllable; the other is not.
Posted by: Captain America   2005-01-04 11:59:39 AM  

#4  jeesh - we'd remove a dog 100 X faster than that.
Posted by: 2b   2005-01-04 10:09:46 AM  

#3  Rania got more justice because her case was so high profile. Thats it. Its all about PR for the magic kingdom so they can say that we in the west are all wrong about them ie there is no womens rights problem there.

If she wasn't a famous battered woman, she would still be waiting for that divorce. If she was a normal women, then when and if she got the dicorce the husband would get the children without any debate. He could prevent her from ever seeing them again and she couldn't do a thing about it except open a case which wouldn't ever be resolved thanks to the good ol boys protecting the priveledges of their own sex first and foremost.

Posted by: peggy   2005-01-04 10:02:06 AM  

#2  (er hat-tip: Fark.com )
Posted by: Dcreeper   2005-01-04 1:56:58 AM  

#1  Rania got more justice than this western(american?) woman
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/01/national/main664211.shtml
Posted by: Dcreeper   2005-01-04 1:50:38 AM  

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