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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 788934" data-attributes="member: 12952">Now this is just plain weird..........&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Saudi women’s veil versus modernity&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Husband has not seen wife’s face despite 10 years of marriageAfter nearly 10 years of marriage that produced five children, Mufleh&nbsp; Mohammed of Saudi Arabia still has not seen his wife’s face.&nbsp;Mohammed Hilal, another Saudi husband, could not identify his wife&nbsp; who was killed in a road crash until her veil was put back on her face.&nbsp;Mufleh and Mohammed are among many Saudi men who have never seen the&nbsp; face of their wives as they insist on sticking to ancient tradition of&nbsp; keeping their face covered even in front of their relatives or husbands&nbsp; in defiance of ongoing changes brought about by the advent of oil and a&nbsp; massive foreign influx.&nbsp;Even after they get married, they never remove their burqu (face&nbsp; veil), leaving their husbands guessing how they look like. Mufleh is one&nbsp; of those husbands.&nbsp;“My wife still keeps her face covered all the time even in front of&nbsp; her family and relatives because she has been accustomed to this since&nbsp; she was a child…I have to respect her wishes and not insist on seeing&nbsp; her face,” he said.…although I have been married to my wife for nearly 10 years and have&nbsp; five children from her, I have not seen her face even once in my life.”<a href="http://www.emirates247.com/news/region/saudi-women-s-veil-versus-modernity-2010-12-05-1.325035?" target="_blank">http://www.emirates247.com/news/region/saudi-women-s-veil-versus-modernity-2010-12-05-1.325035?</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 788934, member: 12952"] [COLOR=red]Now this is just plain weird.......... [/COLOR] [B]Saudi women’s veil versus modernity[/B] [B]Husband has not seen wife’s face despite 10 years of marriage[/B] After nearly 10 years of marriage that produced five children, Mufleh Mohammed of Saudi Arabia still has not seen his wife’s face. Mohammed Hilal, another Saudi husband, could not identify his wife who was killed in a road crash until her veil was put back on her face. Mufleh and Mohammed are among many Saudi men who have never seen the face of their wives as they insist on sticking to ancient tradition of keeping their face covered even in front of their relatives or husbands in defiance of ongoing changes brought about by the advent of oil and a massive foreign influx. Even after they get married, they never remove their burqu (face veil), leaving their husbands guessing how they look like. Mufleh is one of those husbands. “My wife still keeps her face covered all the time even in front of her family and relatives because she has been accustomed to this since she was a child…I have to respect her wishes and not insist on seeing her face,” he said. …although I have been married to my wife for nearly 10 years and have five children from her, I have not seen her face even once in my life.” [url]http://www.emirates247.com/news/region/saudi-women-s-veil-versus-modernity-2010-12-05-1.325035?[/url] [/QUOTE]

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