Arab Groom Removes Bride’s Veil to Find She Has Beard
An Arab groom received a shock when he removed his bride’s veil on their wedding day - to find she had a beard. The diplomat had his marriage instantly annulled after he discovered she had a beard and was cross-eyed. The unnamed groom had never seen the woman’s face because she wore a niqab throughout their entire courtship, according to reports.
He freaked out after they signed the marriage contract in Dubai, canceled the reception and went right to an Islamic Sharia court.
He demanded the union be annulled, that $137,000 he’d spent on wedding gifts and expenses be returned, and the bride be examined for “hormonal deficiencies.”
“He was absolutely horrified,” said a wedding guest, according to London’s Daily Mail.
“The bride had a nice personality, but there was a good reason why she was hiding her looks behind a veil.
“A divorce was inevitable, and the groom went straight to court, leaving his new bride in floods of tears.”
The ambassador alleged that that his would-be mother-in-law had shown him pictures of his intended’s sister to trick him into marrying the woman.
“Every time the couple met, the bride would do her best not to reveal her entire face,” a source close to the case told the local Gulf News this week.
The court granted the annulment but did not approve compensation.
A doctor who examined the jilted bride, who is also a doctor, did not find any medical reason for her facial hair.
The report did not identify the ambassador nor give any further details.
{NY Daily News/Noam Amdurski-Matzav.com Newscenter}
24 Responses to “Arab Groom Removes Bride’s Veil to Find She Has Beard”
2. Comment from bc
Time February 11, 2010 at 4:21 PM
asur l’adam sheyekadesh es ha’eesha ad she’yirena
3. Comment from AA
Time February 11, 2010 at 4:40 PM
why couldn’t she shave?
4. Comment from Frummy
Time February 11, 2010 at 4:43 PM
Why are pictures of women on a kosher website?
5. Comment from Moshe
Time February 11, 2010 at 4:51 PM
that’s so sad. I feel bad for the girl
6. Comment from hey
Time February 11, 2010 at 4:53 PM
To bc: thank you for sharing that very informative
7. Comment from cj
Time February 11, 2010 at 5:08 PM
Why is this on here ?
8. Comment from duh
Time February 11, 2010 at 5:21 PM
why are there pix of women?
bec. they’re tznius?
9. Comment from Anonymous
Time February 11, 2010 at 5:50 PM
This souonds like an urban legend.
10. Comment from reality check
Time February 11, 2010 at 6:06 PM
Who says these are women ? Have you independently verified it ? Who says this is a kosher website ? Who said any website is kosher ? Who said your being online is kosher ? Before being a hypocrite and sounding like a fool, do a reality check.
11. Comment from to # 10
Time February 11, 2010 at 7:50 PM
couldnt have said it better myself!!!!!
12. Comment from Yoish
Time February 11, 2010 at 8:06 PM
To all you phonies asking why this news story is reported here and why is a picture of a women on this site. I have a question for you, why are you on the internet?
13. Comment from Anonymous
Time February 11, 2010 at 8:20 PM
I don’t know about u guys but I didn’t notice any pictures of women….just a couple of beadie eyes floating.
14. Comment from mazel tov
Time February 11, 2010 at 8:23 PM
do electrolysis! How much of a beard would a lady have already that it’s undoable? There is something VERY, VERY strange about this story. either way, I don’t have such rachmanus for Arabs, sorry.
15. Comment from oy!
Time February 11, 2010 at 8:27 PM
This not news for us at the fisrt place
16. Comment from Rich
Time February 11, 2010 at 8:49 PM
Chag Purim Samech - be happy it’s almost Adar
17. Comment from BMG
Time February 11, 2010 at 10:59 PM
To all you………….
This is a great story. It’s very funny. I was laughing. Thank you Matzav for posting this story.
18. Comment from mr frum
Time February 11, 2010 at 11:50 PM
oh my gosh i almost looked at a woman. boy was that a close shave!
19. Comment from super sports fan
Time February 11, 2010 at 11:53 PM
are you sure this isnt a super bowl commertial for gillette?
20. Comment from GSS
Time February 11, 2010 at 11:56 PM
it was a mosad agent pulling a good prank
21. Comment from alwaysrunswithscissors
Time February 11, 2010 at 11:58 PM
MOre funny than anything are the comments. I get great entertainment from the responses!
22. Comment from alwaysrunswithscissors
Time February 12, 2010 at 12:04 AM
According to Wikipedia.com :
A bearded lady or bearded woman is a woman who has a visible beard. These women have long been a phenomenon of legend, curiosity, ridicule, and more recently, political statement and fashion statement.
A small number of women are able to grow enough facial hair to have a beard, usually if they use anabolic steroids. Cultural pressure leads most to remove it, as it may be viewed as a social stigma. Notable exceptions were the famous (and usually fake) bearded women of the circus sideshows of the 19th and early 20th centuries, before so-called freak shows became unpopular.
Mujer Barbuda – copy of Ribera (1631)The current Guinness World Record holder is Vivian Wheeler; in 2000, her beard was 11 inches (28 cm) long.
Some contemporary feminist women, wishing to question the boundaries of social norms, have not removed visible facial hair as a political statement.
In some cases, female beard growth is the result of a hormonal imbalance (usually androgen excess), or a rare genetic disorder known as hypertrichosis.
23. Comment from tzippi
Time February 12, 2010 at 8:38 AM
16 (Rich) apparently this is real, it was on the NY Daily News site. And if you look at the picture, you may see something that looks like a small horn, too.
24. Comment from midwesterner
Time February 12, 2010 at 11:49 AM
to #8,10,12 . . . #4 really yanked your chain pretty nicely, eh?
1. Comment from Anonymous
Time February 11, 2010 at 3:50 PM
Pereh Adam