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DUBAI (AlArabiya.net)

A 50-year-old Saudi woman asked for divorce after her husband lifted her face veil while she was sleeping, local press reported.

For 30 years, the wife said she never showed her face to her husband in conformity with the tradition of her native village near the south western Saudi city of Khamis Mushayt.

"After all these years, he tries to commit such a big mistake," the wife told Saudi newspaper Al-Riyadh, after she left the house in total disbelief.


She said the husband apologized and promised never to do it again.

This is not the first case of husbands who have not seen their wives' faces in decades.

In the past Al Arabiya has reported the case of Ali al-Qahtani, whose wife had been wearing the face veil for the entire ten years of their marrage. When he tried to take it off, she threatened to leave and only decided to stay after he swore never to try again.

Hassan Al-Atibi threatened to marry another woman if his wife didn't show him her face. The woman nominated one of her friends who doesn't observe this tradition as a possible new wife for him, saying this would be better than her showing her face.

And neither the husband or children of Om Rabea al-Gahdaray, 70, have ever seen her face. Al-Gahdaray says it is a family tradition, also followed by mother and sisters, which her husband accepted and never tried to change.

When asked how she could have kids without her husband ever seeing her face, she replied: "Marriage is about love, not faces."

The practice of always remaining veiled, even in front of your husband, is not an Islamic practice but a very old tradition practiced by a minority of people in Gulf countries.

How does he make love to her? in the dark? does he not touch, caress, kiss, smell, make love to her whole body?

i didn't know that its still practiced...and thankx for sharing

Saudi dhaqan xuma. How would she ever go to hajj, They (women )should not cover their faces with veils. The Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: Laa tantaqib al mar'ah wa laa talbis al-qafaazain ["A woman (pilgrim) does not cover her face with veil (Lit. niqaab) nor should she wear gloves."]

"It is forbidden for a woman to wear gloves on her hands or to cover her face with a face veil (niqaab) or burqa’ during the state of ihram.

Some of you are really gullible to believe this kind of 'Money marking' articles

Mr.H wrote:How does he make love to her? in the dark? does he not touch, caress, kiss, smell, make love to her whole body?

i have no idea well she covers only her face thats all

Queen_Arawello wrote:Saudi dhaqan xuma. How would she ever go to hajj, They (women )should not cover their faces with veils. The Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: Laa tantaqib al mar'ah wa laa talbis al-qafaazain ["A woman (pilgrim) does not cover her face with veil (Lit. niqaab) nor should she wear gloves."]

"It is forbidden for a woman to wear gloves on her hands or to cover her face with a face veil (niqaab) or burqa’ during the state of ihram.

well not all saudi its just her village tradition

30 sano muu arkin hada muxuu aragtideeda ku falaya..cajiib

I had Saudi girlfriend when I was in college, this back in DC, Washington, she covered when her parents were in town and performed oral sex at night!!!

Mr.H wrote:I had Saudi girlfriend when I was in college, this back in DC, Washington, she covered when her parents were in town and performed oral sex at night!!!

with who adiga?

inkar ayaa haysto saudi..thats about it...nation bunch of sickos

Why don't she ask divorce when he does lift pink bikini?

Rightwing wrote:Why don't she ask divorce when he does lift pink bikini?

it must be some tradition they do to hide their dhagacas face

Dhaqan primtive ah ayay leeyihiin sucuudugu.

This smells like the onion....


IT cant be true.