MAKKAH, 22 November 2007 — A 90-year-old man insisted on marrying a woman immediately after his wife died, the daily Al-Madinah reported yesterday. The unusual request was not made because he wanted a soul mate but because he wants a wife to wake him up for Fajr (dawn) prayer and to make him coffee in the mornings. The old man’s wife passed away a week ago, so he approached his sons and grandsons asking them to find him a bride who was his age. He also went to his local barbershop to get a haircut and shave his beard to prepare himself for his new alarm clock.
Man Takes Cards Way Too Seriously
Arab News
RIYADH — Police arrested a 56-year-old man for shooting his brother over a friendly card game, locally known as “baloot.” The police station received a report about a 55-year-old man receiving a bullet wound to the head, a local daily newspaper reported yesterday. Police went to the crime scene to investigate. Their investigation led them to a suspect, who was none other than the victim’s own brother. Upon searching him, police found a gun that matched the bullet used in the crime and arrested the brother. Upon a brief interrogation, the suspect confessed to shooting his brother after the former lost a card game. The man claimed he couldn’t stand losing, so he decided to shoot his brother in the head. Game Over.
And It’s Not Even Mother’s Day!
Arab News
JIZAN — Talk about a good son. A young man in the village of Ramada picked up his mom from the hospital in a car bedecked with flowers and bells, according to yesterday’s Al-Watan newspaper. After five years, Ali Ghawi’s mother finally received the eye surgery she desperately needed. It has been a rough road to getting the procedure done at a state hospital under Saudi social insurance, but efforts paid off and Al-Ghawi decided to celebrate by decorating his old car as a gift to dear old mom. Ghawi told bemused hospital staffers that he couldn’t afford to take his mother to a private hospital and was relieved that his mother could live a normal life once again.
