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Saudi woman searches for her Indian mother in UAE
Dubai, April 8
A Saudi woman who was separated
from her Indian mother after her parents divorced is trying frantically
to locate her mother and the search has brought her to the United Arab
Emirates (UAE), media reports said Wednesday.
The 41-year-old
Saudi woman, identified as Kholoud, was taken away by her father
following her parents' divorce 35 years ago, Emirates 24X7 reported on
Tuesday.
Kholoud, has now approached the Dubai police to help
locate her mother after learning that she had moved to the UAE from
India following her divorce. Kholoud's father had died nearly two months
ago, according to Emarat Al Youm daily.
“Kholoud told us that
she has learned her mother now lives in the UAE, but that she does not
know any other details,†the paper said, citing a human rights official.
“We have prepared a plan to search for the mother.
"We
have been involved in similar humanitarian casees before and our
efforts have been successful, but the problem in this case is that the
mother may have changed her name following her marriage again,†the
official added.
Fatima Al Kindi, social support director at the
Dubai Woman and Child Protection Department, recounted Kholoud telling
her that she was six years old and her brother Khaled four when their
father divorced their Indian mother in Saudi Arabia and sent her back to
India.
“She said that her father deprived her and her brother
from seeing their mother again and that they respected his wish after
they grew up.â€
Khaloud, however, was in touch with a Saudi woman who was her mother's friend.
"She told her that her mother has moved to the UAE and got married again, but that she has not given her address,†Kindi said.
The
Emarat Al Youm daily quoted Kholoud as saying her husband has just
brought her to Dubai to help find her mother following her father's
death.
“The problem is that I do not have any information about
my mother's family in India or even in which city they live. My only
hope is to find my mother in the UAE,†she sai