By the way a few days before I met Mohamed (See August 9 blog) in the hotel where he was staying, a 20 year old Saudi woman who was staying in the same hotel on her honeymoon committed suicide by jumping off from her room window. I read the news in the papers but it didn’t say much of the details. When I took a taxi to go to the hotel to see Mohamed, the taxi driver told me this: the Saudi woman’s husband arranged the transportation from the hotel to go downtown to look for a woman with a taxi driver who could speak Arabic. His wife woke up in the middle of the night to find him gone from the bed panicked and called him at his mobile, asking where he was. It seemed right after this his wife committed suicide. The taxi driver who was with this Saudi man at that time was a friend of the driver’s who gave me a ride to the hotel. I felt so much pain toward this young lady who could have had longer happier life if she had not married this evil man.
The story told by the driver may be a little exaggerated but I think the story is very probable because I have seen similar cases in a hotel where I worked for 2 years. I met many nice Arab tourists, while I met some Arabs very hard to understand. Many of them came to the hotel on their honeymoon. I knew it because many Arab men usually mention it at the time of checking in. One night a Saudi male guest approached me in the lobby. He wanted to get my help to plan what he could do with his wife for the next few days. He said he was newly married and that he didn’t want his wife to get bored during their honeymoon. He couldn’t take much time with me in planning as he wanted to go back to the room before his wife finished taking a shower. It seemed that he didn’t want to show his wife his worries about the honeymoon. I was very happy to make a quick suggestion on a few places for them to visit and saw him off. He turned into a confident man who was sure that his wife would not get bored for the next few days. I was ready and happy to offer this kind of help anytime while working in the hotel.
However, I sometimes faced unfavorable situations with Arab guests. Not only Arabs but other races came to the hotel on honeymoon but this happened only with Arab men. Though Arab men mentioned they were here on their honeymoon, they had no shame to ask hotel staff where they could go for drinking or looking for women. If they wanted to drink, I always wanted to say “Take your wife with you”. I didn’t care if they wanted to enjoy what was forbidden for them to do back home but I simply couldn’t stand the idea that they didn’t mind leaving their wives alone in a hotel room in a foreign country without letting her know where he was going. What was worse, they had no shame to ask me where they could find prostitutes.
How dare they could ask me such a question on their honeymoon with their wives sleeping in the hotel rooms!? Unbelievable!! I really think I can write a book about nice Arab guests and weird Arab guests!! There are more stories to come in the future blog!! Some of them are too funny or strange for you to believe!!
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Really poor lady.....her husband must have gone back to Saudi Arabia, telling his family that her wife suddenly got crazy for no reason and jumped off from the window as if he had nothing to do with the incident. "Dead men tell no lies"
first of all i wana thank you for the sweet comment you posted in my blog its so sweet of you and i really appreciated .
i really feel sorry for the girl she not just killed her self but she did it during her honeymoon and maybe there's someone out there saying the husband shouldn't take all the blame its also the wife's fault . why did she marry the guy, how could she didn't notice that the guy have a darker side. but i say alot if Saudi girls get forced to marry someone and maybe she did something wrong with him and she thought the only way to fix it is to marry him .
and if you gonna write a book about the Arab guests try not to write just about the bad or the weird things we are already struggling with the stereotype ppl have about us. if we are not a terrorists we are a drinkers and all we think about is sex so i think its not fair.
sorry for the long post but its such an interesting post i couldn't help my self not to comment .
btw i posted a comment on " poor sarah "
To Anonymous:
Thank you so much for sharing my sad feelings on this Saudi girl. I just want to pray for the souls of the dead now.
Ahmad banjar:
Thank YOU for your comment. I have already read every single story you wrote in your blog. It is very nice to find an interesting blog by chance. First of all, congratulations on your graduation! It is also nice to know you had great summer in Dubai! To some extent, I agree with you that at first place this poor Saudi girl should not have married this husband but at the same time I can’t deny that marriage is sometimes like gambling. You can not know every single thing before you get married. Whatever the reason of her committing suicide was, I just hope this tragedy will not happen to anybody. Oh, do not worry! Though I had a lot of strange experiences with Saudi people, I also met many nice Saudis, and these nice people are powerful enough to keep me found of Saudi Arabia! Thank you for your comment on “Poor Sara” as well. Oh, by the way, I have always admired the work done by Dr. Mohammed Unis.
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