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Never showed her face in 30 years of marriage:Saudi woman wants divorce after husband lifts her veil

Alarabiya.net - Saudi wants divorce after husband lifts her veil
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."

Comment:
I suppose after 30 years most men would be curious to find out what there wife looks like and I am surprised that this man accepted such marital terms willingly. Is this opinion from Islam or an extreme understanding?
Her last comment is true and makes a lot of sense "Marriage is about love, not faces."

[lol_lol]

this is so dumb

[Anderson]

That's just stupid. Marriage is about love not faces? What kind of crap is that, what dumb backward people honestly. I highly doubt this is real, no culture even the most remote village can be this stupid.

[displaced]

so..her husband can see downstairs but not her face?

[Arabesque]

It's culture. We're not discussing religion here, so why are you all being judgmental?

If that's the culture of their village, why not?

So many groups have different cultural practices, which we - as different people - might not understand or accept for ourselves. The Turag men, for instance, start covering their faces when they reach maturity. Mind you, the women don't have to do it. It's culture, and they're different.

Maybe if they hear about a woman divorcing her husband because he refused to allow her to go out for work, they'd say the same, "Dumb people! God, I can't believe such people exist." Aha?

[Anderson]

Originally Posted by Arabesque

Maybe if they hear about a woman divorcing her husband because he refused to allow her to go out for work, they'd say the same, "Dumb people! God, I can't believe such people exist." Aha?

So this is real? Just because something is cultural doesn't mean it's not stupid/evil/weird etc etc. Masai men kill a lion and eat its heart, which is a pretty stupid thing to do. Some Hindu's throw themselves in to their husband's funeral pyre, which is also pretty stupid. Not showing your face to your husband is equally dumb.

[LEGALEAGLE]

Originally Posted by Arabesque

It's culture. We're not discussing religion here, so why are you all being judgmental?

If that's the culture of their village, why not?

So many groups have different cultural practices, which we - as different people - might not understand or accept for ourselves. The Turag men, for instance, start covering their faces when they reach maturity. Mind you, the women don't have to do it. It's culture, and they're different.

Maybe if they hear about a woman divorcing her husband because he refused to allow her to go out for work, they'd say the same, "Dumb people! God, I can't believe such people exist." Aha?

True.

Its their cultural tradition. If he's not happy with it then he should marry a woman who wants to show her face.

[iamcrazy]

This is fo'real aint it.......

aaah

wow.

[slime]

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat.

[YOUSUFofSD]

wow, amazing! 30 years...thats dedication though

[rahat]

yay wahabis!

[AbuAlAbbas]

Originally Posted by Arabesque

It's culture. We're not discussing religion here, so why are you all being judgmental?

If that's the culture of their village, why not?

So many groups have different cultural practices, which we - as different people - might not understand or accept for ourselves. The Turag men, for instance, start covering their faces when they reach maturity. Mind you, the women don't have to do it. It's culture, and they're different.

Maybe if they hear about a woman divorcing her husband because he refused to allow her to go out for work, they'd say the same, "Dumb people! God, I can't believe such people exist." Aha?

This "cultural" practice goes against islam

[AbuAlAbbas]

Originally Posted by rahat

yay wahabis!

bluestar where are you at?

[heba]

damn. if i was the husband i woulda been out after day 1.
but 30yrs? HOLY.

[LEGALEAGLE]

Originally Posted by heba

damn. if i was the husband i woulda been out after day 1.
but 30yrs? HOLY.

I didn't see my ex-wife till my wedding night. Trust me it's harder to get out than you think