SIHAT: Scorned and more than just a little bit angry at a would-have-been brother in law, a young Saudi man in this Eastern Province city broke into the house of the woman he had proposed to and set fire to the young lady’s brother’s car. According to a report in yesterday’s Al-Jazirah daily, the man was angry when the woman’s brother expressed strong objection to the idea of marriage. The report didn’t say how the woman felt about the proposal, nor what happened to the young man after his alleged misdeed came to light.
Insulted husband ‘kicks’ wife out of his life
AHSA: As any Saudi will tell you, calling somebody a “homaar” (donkey) is almost as bad as saying something bad about a person’s mother. A local daily reported yesterday that a woman here learned the consequences of insulting her husband the hard way. According to the report, the wife called her husband who was late for picking her up from a friend’s place and asked him what was taking him so long. As she was hanging up, she turned to her friend and called her husband a donkey that she can manipulate easily. Unfortunately, her husband was still on the line when she said this. Moments later, she received a text message from her husband requesting her presence in court — divorce court.
