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Divorce, Desperation, and Dramatic Developments, Volume Three of the Saudi Marriage Trilogy, portrays the lives of girls and women in the cultural environment of bizarre Wahhabi and tribal traditions concerning divorce. It is very difficult for a Saudi woman to divorce her spouse no matter how abusive or immoral he is; however, a husband can easily divorce his wife for no reason simply by saying “I divorce you” three times. And now another step backward in social justice has begun in the shocking, new phenomenon known as “forced divorce.” For the first time in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, intrusive male relatives or tribal leaders are “legally” forcing happily married couples to divorce one another, leaving their children homeless, helpless, and hopeless. This volume relates heartrending and yet truly inspirational stories of many courageous females in extreme adversity, including that remarkable young woman known throughout Saudi Arabia as “the Girl from Khamis Mushayt.”