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Egyptian Woman Files for Divorce Over Husband's Refusal To Shower
FOX News ^ | 11/19/07

Posted on 11/20/2007 4:14:38 AM PST by steve-b

An Egyptian woman has filed for divorce from her husband on the grounds that he has not showered since they married, AlArabiya.net reported Sunday.

The wedding took place two months ago.

It was a quick courtship for Yara Saad Al-Din, 23, and Aysar Ali, 31, who got engaged two weeks after meeting on an airplane, AlArabiya reported.

But a couple of months into the marriage and the honeymoon is over. Ali recently confessed to his blushing bride that he hasn't showered in all eight weeks of their union, and now the missus is ready to change her marriage vows to "till dirt do us part."

Ali claimed he could not bathe because of a skin disease which made him allergic to water. While a doctor confirmed Ali had a skin disease, he also said it had nothing to do with water, AlArabiya reported.

Al-Din filed for divorce. When Ali refused to grant her one, she filed for khol'a – an arrangement within Islam which will grant a woman a divorce if she renounces some financial rights....

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: ayatollahoffunk; funkmeister; shower; stink
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To: steve-b
Ali claimed he could not bathe because of a skin disease which made him allergic to water.

He's in de Nile.

Well, no, he isn't!

21 posted on 11/20/2007 6:54:28 AM PST by Charles Henrickson (Suez who?)
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To: steve-b
The Groom:


22 posted on 11/20/2007 6:55:35 AM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: steve-b
a doctor confirmed Ali had a skin disease. . . .

A Cairo practitioner?

23 posted on 11/20/2007 6:55:42 AM PST by Charles Henrickson (Suez who?)
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To: Joe Boucher

Wash like an Egyptian. . . .


24 posted on 11/20/2007 6:56:58 AM PST by Charles Henrickson (Suez who?)
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To: steve-b; Charles Henrickson; mikrofon
An Egyptian woman has filed for divorce from her husband on the grounds that he has not showered since they married

The guy doesn't just smell -- he SPHYNX!

25 posted on 11/20/2007 7:03:15 AM PST by martin_fierro (He wanted to marry his mummy)
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To: steve-b
she filed for khol'a

The Unnngh khol'a.

26 posted on 11/20/2007 7:04:42 AM PST by Charles Henrickson (Suez who?)
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To: martin_fierro; mikrofon; dighton; Tijeras_Slim; dead

He needs to find the Pharaoh faucet.


27 posted on 11/20/2007 7:06:28 AM PST by Charles Henrickson (Charlie's angles.)
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To: Charles Henrickson
Wash like an Egyptian. . . .

Dang...ya beat me to it.

28 posted on 11/20/2007 7:07:55 AM PST by RosieCotton ("Anything worth doing is worth doing badly." -- G.K. Chesterton [NaNo Count 39362/50000])
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To: martin_fierro

She said it’s Lux or else!


29 posted on 11/20/2007 7:08:46 AM PST by Charles Henrickson (Wash like an Egyptian. . . .)
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To: Charles Henrickson

ROFLMAO!!!


30 posted on 11/20/2007 7:09:04 AM PST by MortMan (Have a pheasant plucking day!)
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To: steve-b
When Ali refused to grant her one, she filed for khol'a – an arrangement within Islam which will grant a woman a divorce if she renounces some financial rights....

This is the key here. If he makes her have to initiate, she loses rights to her dowry

31 posted on 11/20/2007 7:13:05 AM PST by PapaBear3625
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To: steve-b

Muslims bathe? Who knew?


32 posted on 11/20/2007 7:53:25 AM PST by TexasRepublic (Afghan protest - "Death to Dog Washers!")
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To: Charles Henrickson; martin_fierro

Now, Indians are a much more discerning people — they have a Sikh scents about these things...


33 posted on 11/20/2007 8:51:16 AM PST by mikrofon (From Hieroglyphics to "Hire a Lawyer")
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To: martin_fierro

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA - you get my vote for the best one-liner on this thread!!!!!!


34 posted on 11/20/2007 8:58:22 AM PST by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: Charles Henrickson

Oh no....... another good one. I’m laughing so hard my sides hurt.


35 posted on 11/20/2007 8:59:00 AM PST by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: steve-b

Stinkin’ jihadi.


36 posted on 11/20/2007 9:04:47 AM PST by Safetgiver (So simple, even a Muslim can do it.)
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To: mikrofon; Charles Henrickson; NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
From Hieroglyphics to "Hire a Lawyer"

Q: What does an Egyptian Lawyer do?

A: He Suez. 

37 posted on 11/20/2007 9:14:58 AM PST by martin_fierro (This story could've taken place in Memphis)
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To: martin_fierro; Charles Henrickson

Originally when the wife told her husband she wanted a divorce, he told her to keep her Hatsepshut or he’d smack her in the Cheops...


38 posted on 11/20/2007 9:36:26 AM PST by mikrofon (The odor is what made Tutankhamun)
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To: Charles Henrickson; stylecouncilor

LOL


39 posted on 11/20/2007 9:41:47 AM PST by windcliff
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