DAMAM, 28 May 2008 — A Saudi man divorced his wife because she refused to wear a seatbelt, the Al-Eqtisadiah daily reported yesterday. After a heated argument, the wife asked her husband to take her to her parents’ house. When they got into the car, the husband told her to put on her seatbelt. She refused and said that she hoped he would get pulled over by a police officer and ticketed. The man became further enraged and threatened to divorce her if she didn’t fasten her seatbelt. The couple exchanged more verbal blows and their argument reached a climax when the man uttered the magic word: Divorce! The couple immediately realized what had just happened and regretted that it had gone so far. The husband is currently consulting Shariah law experts on whether his proclamation of divorce is valid or not. The report did not say what the fate of the marriage is.
Soviet Arabia? No, It’s SAUDI Arabia
JEDDAH, 28 May 2008 — A Saudi citizen who went to the Civil Registration Office to pick up his national ID card was surprised to see that his nationality was listed as Russian. The man who was born in Makhshosh, Qunfuda in Saudi Arabia was given an ID card that showed he was born in Makhshosh, Russian Federation, the Al-Eqtisadiah daily reported yesterday. The man took his ID card back and pointed out the mistake to officials who told him to come back later and collect his SAUDI ID card.
