Divorce Saudi-Style

(Madinah, Saudi Arabia) Divorce is always painful. The following account of a divorce reported in the Arab News probably even caused a headache.

A Saudi man divorced his wife because she gave a plate of spaghetti to their neighbor.

According to a local newspaper report the husband found out his wife dared to give away food to a non-family member when the neighbor came to return the plate. Angry about the gross infraction of house rules, the man took the plate and reportedly broke it over his wife's head. After assaulting his wife with a piece of flatware, the husband declared an end to their 8-year marriage.

A Madinah court recently finalized the divorce.

Heh.

It seems that Saudi households are generally not very charitable. Or neighborly, for that matter.