MAKKAH, 17 August 2007 — A Saudi man was surprised with the demands from a seasonal maid he wanted to hire to help his wife during the month before Ramadan, the daily Al-Madinah reported yesterday. The report said the man approached a facilitator for the illegal hiring of a runaway maid. The maid ended up asking for a SR1,200 a-month salary (on the high-end of the maid-salary spectrum), her own room, TV with satellite channels, a mobile phone and no work after 11 p.m. The Saudi man balked and asked the facilitator to find a maid with fewer demands. The middleman said that there are many families in desperate need of maids during the holiday season and are agreeing to the tough conditions for hiring a maid in this illegal manner.
Groom’s Sister Starts Wedding Brawl Over Camera Phone
Arab News
ABHA — A fight broke out here at a wedding ceremony between the wedding hall supervisor and the groom’s sister because she wasn’t allowed to bring her camera-equipped cell phone to her brother’s wedding. When the supervisor asked the sister of the groom to put the cell phone in a lock box, the sister went ballistic and assaulted the supervisor. The groom in an attempt to save the wedding gave the supervisor SR2,000 to forget about the incident and the wedding continued in peace.
