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Non-Saudi Women Overjoyed By New Rights While Saudi Women Are Left In The Lurch
Continue reading →: Non-Saudi Women Overjoyed By New Rights While Saudi Women Are Left In The LurchHave you ever been in a situation when you were a child and heard the ice cream truck coming down the street? You quickly get money from one of your parents and run from the house to the curb to get your treat? As you gleefully take it out of…
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Continue reading →: Ministry Of Interior Approves DNA Tests For Saudi-Indonesians
DNA Testing To Prove Indonesian-Saudi Descent Arab News | Jeddah 10 September 2013 The Ministry of Interior has approved sending special missions to the Indonesian capital Jakarta to conduct DNA tests as a means to prove Saudi kinship and possibly rectify children’s status, said Mustafa Al-Mubarak, the Saudi ambassador in…
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Abandoned, Annoucenments, Arabic, AWASSIR, Children, Citizenship, Divorce, Education, Expat, Government, Human Rights, Iqamah, Italian Translation, Laws, Prince, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Passport Office, Saudi Women Married To Non-Saudis/Foreigners, Single, Sponsor, Widow
Saudi Government Graciously Approves Iqamahs Without Sponsors For Non-Saudi Women/Mothers
Continue reading →: Saudi Government Graciously Approves Iqamahs Without Sponsors For Non-Saudi Women/MothersYesterday a Saudi photographer who goes by the name of Abu Leena-Rose of Sydney, Australia shared some good news with me by way of an article on Sabq (in Arabic). My husband thinks that the new changes will mostly benefit non-Saudi women/mothers who are either widows, divorced or have been abandoned…
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Continue reading →: Non-Saudi Spouses Of Saudi Women Can Operate Taxis
Saudi Women Can Allow Expat Husbands To Operate Taxis Saudi Gazette | Riyadh 18 August 2013 The Ministry of Transport has stated that Saudi women can convert their private cars into taxis and allow their foreign husbands to operate them, Al-Watan newspaper reported. “There are no obstacles in allowing…
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Continue reading →: Last Year’s Statistics For Saudi Arabia’s Marriage, Divorce, Khula And Fask Cases
Marriage Contracts And Divorce Documents In The Kingdom’s Courts Saudi Gazette/Okaz 14 August 2013 The Ministry of Justice said the total number of marriage contracts signed last year reached 160,371 compared to 34,490 divorce, Khula and nullification (Fask) of marriage contracts. Daily 96 divorce, Khula and nullification (Fask) documents…
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Continue reading →: Saudi Women Married To Expats Must Get Real Estate Loans
Official: Saudi Women Married To Expats Must Get Real Estate Loans Saudi Gazette | Jeddah 13 August 2013 Real estate investors are eagerly awaiting implementation of several decisions to open up investment opportunities in the Kingdom’s rapidly-growing real estate sector. Abdullah Al-Ahmari, Chairman of the Real Estate Appraisal Committee at…
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Continue reading →: Prince Khaled Al-Faisal Helps Arab Woman Reclaim Daughter Taken By Saudi Ex-Husband
A friend sent me this story last year (thanks for the alert sis). I saved it and waited patiently for Allah to send me someone to translate it from Arabic to English. Maya, jazaki’Allahu khair for contributing to FHWS and translating feesabillah. “Rabigh (Arabic:رابغ) is an ancient town on the…
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Continue reading →: Expat Woman Divorced By Saudi And Deported; Searching For Son
Divorced, Separated And Deported By Tamadher Al-Rehaili Okaz/Saudi Gazette/Opinion Jeddah 20 July 2013 Expat mother recounts her agonizing search for toddler missing from ex’s custody… Marital problems in families are coming to the forefront once again as stories in which the suffering of victims is seemingly endless are being reported…