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29 March 2024

Saudi girl gives up Dh500,000 to get married

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A Saudi girl gave up SR500,000 (Dh500,000) she had inherited from her dead parents to tempt her uncle to drop his opposition to her marriage.

The girl from the Western Red Sea port of Jeddah had received marriage offers from many men but her uncle, with whom she lives, rejected them all, Ajel newspaper said.

“When she was about 30-years-old, the girl was afraid to become a spinster. She then boldly asked her uncle about his reasons to reject all those men,” it said.

“The girl was shocked when he told her that he would approve her marriage only after she gives him her share of the inheritance of SR500,000. She first refused but later opted to give up the money for marriage.”
 

Saudi child killed by 'balloon'


A three-year-old Saudi boy died after swallowing a balloon which blocked his breathing system, a newspaper reported on Monday.

The boy was playing with the plastic balloon at his home in the western town of Mahd Al Dahab before he put it in his mouth and swallowed it, Sabq said.

“His breathing stopped…his family rushed him to hospital but died minutes later,” the paper said.