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Saudi girl's love affair with Indian expat shocks her family
Riyadh, May 20
A Saudi Arabian family was
shocked when their daughter revealed to them that she is in love with an
Indian expatriate and wants to marry him.
The furious father
quickly went to the lover's employer and tried to persuade him to deport
the man but his attempts have failed, according local newspaper Sada.
The
23-year-old woman told her family that she insists on marrying the
Indian, who works as a delivery man at a shop in a mall in capital
Riyadh.
She revealed that she met the man at the mall and that she had been in touch with him for a while, said the daily.
"She
told her mother that she fell in love with the Indian man after he
filled her life with love...the mother quickly informed her husband,"
the paper said.
According to the report, the young woman is still
determined to marry the Indian expatriate although this is against
local norms and the decision has shocked her family.