marry poor Arab men. I have several close female friends who have, for long stretches of time, been the sole financial supporter for both their own family as well as their newly extended Arab family.
If you consider the ratio of rich Arab men to poor ones, you'd quickly realize what an absurd statement that was.
And have you ever considered that Arab guys often want to marry us "white women" for our passports? I would venture that THIS scenario happens far more often than the one you suggest (again, given the standard of living that most white women enjoy in their own countries and given the preponderance of poor Arab men). And since culturally it's more common for us to marry for love, not family status or how much gold jewelry a guy can give us (which seems to be the case more here), it really doesn't make our women seem like a bunch of gold diggers that you portray us as.
But all this is off topic.
Re: the abduction being a return of custody to the rightful guardians -- if that's the case, then why hasn't the family moved on this before now? From reading other newspaper versions of this story, it appears the mother has visited Qatar numerous times in the past with the boy so that the family here could maintain contact with him. If they truly felt the boy needed to be raised here, then why wait until now? The mother had remarried years ago, so that can't be the issue (because again, why wait for years to pass?).
BTW, I love your example of the air stewardess and the UAE man who had a child together. Nice that he lured her and the boy back to the UAE after not having any contact with his child for so many years, just so he could take custody of him. Again, it really seems like people here view children as objects to be possessed rather than as blessings and lifelong responsibilities that deserve one's attention and love and time. If his child was so important to him, then where was Mr. Al Habtoor during the boy's formative years? I guess he had other, more important things to do than be a consistent presence in his child's life.
I thought Sharia law didn't recognize paternity outside of marriage...you said they had an affair, so how does it work that he claims custody of a child fathered out of wedlock?
"Marriage is a wonderful institution...but who wants to live in an institution?" -- Groucho Marx
marry poor Arab men. I have several close female friends who have, for long stretches of time, been the sole financial supporter for both their own family as well as their newly extended Arab family.
If you consider the ratio of rich Arab men to poor ones, you'd quickly realize what an absurd statement that was.
And have you ever considered that Arab guys often want to marry us "white women" for our passports? I would venture that THIS scenario happens far more often than the one you suggest (again, given the standard of living that most white women enjoy in their own countries and given the preponderance of poor Arab men). And since culturally it's more common for us to marry for love, not family status or how much gold jewelry a guy can give us (which seems to be the case more here), it really doesn't make our women seem like a bunch of gold diggers that you portray us as.
But all this is off topic.
Re: the abduction being a return of custody to the rightful guardians -- if that's the case, then why hasn't the family moved on this before now? From reading other newspaper versions of this story, it appears the mother has visited Qatar numerous times in the past with the boy so that the family here could maintain contact with him. If they truly felt the boy needed to be raised here, then why wait until now? The mother had remarried years ago, so that can't be the issue (because again, why wait for years to pass?).
BTW, I love your example of the air stewardess and the UAE man who had a child together. Nice that he lured her and the boy back to the UAE after not having any contact with his child for so many years, just so he could take custody of him. Again, it really seems like people here view children as objects to be possessed rather than as blessings and lifelong responsibilities that deserve one's attention and love and time. If his child was so important to him, then where was Mr. Al Habtoor during the boy's formative years? I guess he had other, more important things to do than be a consistent presence in his child's life.
I thought Sharia law didn't recognize paternity outside of marriage...you said they had an affair, so how does it work that he claims custody of a child fathered out of wedlock?
"Marriage is a wonderful institution...but who wants to live in an institution?" -- Groucho Marx