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06:38 July 19th, 2006

Hey, what was that “marriage lite” option again?

Posted by: Robert Basler
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Well cripes, we have deals like this in America, too!  It turns out in  Saudi Arabia, they call it misyar – a kind of “marriage lite” in which couples often live separately but get together regularly, sometimes just for sex. 

Huh? In THE Saudi Arabia? Find out about this surprising option, which keeps the morality police away from the door, but which one critic says  reduces marriage to sexual intercourse.”  Read all about it:  saudi.jpg

 

 

 

Saudi women walk past a parked car in Riyadh June 9, 2005. REUTERS/Zainal Abd Halim 

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