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A Big Message On Nathalie Morin In Saudi Arabia, Often Dubbed The World’s Largest Women’s Prison

yessir — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:12:33 +0000

Nathalie Morin – Another Victim Of Abuse Of Male Guardianship Law

I was reading a news article recently when I came across this description of Saudi Arabia as the largest women’s prison in the world. It is not talking about women criminals behind bars, but innocent women (including foreign women) who fall victim to Saudi men abusing [...]

Saudi Woman A Prisoner In A Male Guardianship Regime

yessir — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:05:04 +0000

Saudi Physician Dr Fadha Sultan Trapped

Saudi Arabia has strict male guardianship system. But when male guardianship is abused, it is the women who suffer. Examples that come to mind includes Jennifer Birrell and Nazia Quazi. Now there is another case, this time involving a Saudi physician called Dr Fadha Sultan. She too has been trapped inside Saudi [...]

Nazia Quazi Flight To Freedom – And Marriage

yessir — Tue, 11 May 2010 20:21:10 +0000

Another Case of Saudi Arabia’s Male Guardianship Being Abused

Remember Jennifer Birrell, the Australian woman who converted to Islam, got married to a Muslim man, and migrated to Saudi Arabia in 2004 with her husband and children? While there she became an abused wife, subject to physical and emotional abuses and forced to work as the family’s [...]

Jennifer Birrell – Freedom At Last, But Without 3 Children And Husband

yessir — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:11:55 +0000

In case you are wondering what happened to Jennifer Birrell, here is an update. Last we heard, she had appealed to Saudi Arabia King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud to intervene for the release of her Egyptian husband Mohammed Ahmed Nagi, who was imprisoned and caned on false charges brought by her former husband. Now, unexpectedly, on the [...]

Saudi Arabia – When Male Guardianship Is Abused

yessir — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:24:50 +0000

An article in the Sydney Morning Herald caught my attention today. It tells the sad story of how an Australian lady who converted to Muslim and later moved to Saudi Arabia became a victim of the abuse of the Saudi Arabia system of male guardianship.

Jennifer Birrell was 19 years old when her husband died barely 7 months [...]