‘Disabled people get a raw deal in marriage market’
August 21st, 2007The Arab News, which promotes itself as the Middle East’s leading English language daily, reports that people with physical or intellectual disabilities are virtually excluded from marrying in Saudi Arabia because they are “considered damaged goods.”
“I receive a lot of matching requests,” said [volunteer matchmaker] Umm Bashir… “I’ve never come across a man or woman who would accept a person with a disability.”
This may be a universal concept, but in a system where dating is illegal, men and women who aren’t related cannot freely interact (without the presence of the woman’s male guardian) and marriages are often arranged through matchmakers, the challenges for the handicapped are exacerbated because relatives may immediately dismiss them before they get a chance to win the heart of a man or woman.
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