Sidelights: Dial ‘D’ for dating and divorce

QUNFODA: A Saudi teacher was divorced by her husband after she left her cell phone at a restaurant, a local daily reported. The woman was at the restaurant on a date with another man and forgot to take her mobile. It was later found by a cleaner who, having searched the address book, called a number listed under the name “husband” and informed him about the phone. The husband went to the restaurant to collect the phone and also telephoned his wife’s school to ask where she was. The school principal told him that she had taken off early, as she was meeting her husband. Realizing that his wife was cheating on him, the husband divorced the wife immediately.