Dad Scrambling to Recoup Dowry Dough

JEDDAH, 17 November 2006 — He only wants to be called by his family name: Al-Malki. You would, too, if you lost your daughters’ SR140,000 in dowry money by investing foolishly in a sketchy real-estate deal. The father of three married women also lost his house and all of his savings, the daily Al-Madinah reported yesterday. Now the sons-in-law are inquiring as to what happened to their wives’ dowry savings and the father is going from pillar to post seeking charitable contributions for his predicament. Sorry to say, it going to be difficult to extract financial sympathy from generous people considering how the man lost his and his daughters’ dough.