MADINAH: The Khaybar mother accused of her abusive behavior toward her children denied all accusations leveled at her by Ministry of Labor and Social Development officials concerning her treatment of her three offspring.
She denied, in a phone interview, being violent to her children and attributed their falling health situation to a hunger strike she alleges they went on for over a year.
She said her son Abdulghani used to live with a paternal relative and had no problems at school, but then he left school because he was was being bullied.
She said he only lived in her house for one year, which is when he refused to eat and that she was caring for him and her other offspring that included two girls over the last three years.
Her son refused her care, she said, and insisted on returning to the house of the aunt who had looked after him before.
She said claims that she is psychologically unstable are “untrue.”
As for the two sisters, she said she did not abuse them, nor did she lock them up in the room on the roof, but they insisted on staying in a separate room.
They are in good health, she said, adding that one of the girls was receiving aid from the social affairs department and has all the paperwork to prove this, and she could take care of her sister.
The husband described his wife to a local paper as “stubborn and aggressive,” saying: “I used to forbid her to interact with the children and was forced to isolate them and lock them on the roof to keep them safe from her.”
“I noticed changes in her behavior over the past 10 years and reached out to some of my relatives to mitigate matters between us, but she refused any advice, which forced me to take my children from her years ago.”
He said one of the girls left the house and reached out for help from a relative at the age of eight, only to return to her mother two months later. The other girl was subjected to violence because she would defend her brother and sister against their mother’s abuse.
The story went viral in the province of Khaybar, in Madinah, and prompted several government agencies to intervene.
She denied, in a phone interview, being violent to her children and attributed their falling health situation to a hunger strike she alleges they went on for over a year.
She said her son Abdulghani used to live with a paternal relative and had no problems at school, but then he left school because he was was being bullied.
She said he only lived in her house for one year, which is when he refused to eat and that she was caring for him and her other offspring that included two girls over the last three years.
Her son refused her care, she said, and insisted on returning to the house of the aunt who had looked after him before.
She said claims that she is psychologically unstable are “untrue.”
As for the two sisters, she said she did not abuse them, nor did she lock them up in the room on the roof, but they insisted on staying in a separate room.
They are in good health, she said, adding that one of the girls was receiving aid from the social affairs department and has all the paperwork to prove this, and she could take care of her sister.
The husband described his wife to a local paper as “stubborn and aggressive,” saying: “I used to forbid her to interact with the children and was forced to isolate them and lock them on the roof to keep them safe from her.”
“I noticed changes in her behavior over the past 10 years and reached out to some of my relatives to mitigate matters between us, but she refused any advice, which forced me to take my children from her years ago.”
He said one of the girls left the house and reached out for help from a relative at the age of eight, only to return to her mother two months later. The other girl was subjected to violence because she would defend her brother and sister against their mother’s abuse.
The story went viral in the province of Khaybar, in Madinah, and prompted several government agencies to intervene.
