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Saudi Arabia Gulf News Archive Some Saudi women have voiced their fear that their husbands might contract Aids and come back carrying the deadly virus to create havoc in their family life. Many Saudi wives dread husbands' foreign trips By Abdul Rahman Shaheen, Correspondent Published: July 08, 2009, 22:53 Riyadh: A large number of Saudi families have started leaving the Kingdom to spend their summer vacation abroad after educational institutions closed last weekend. Most of the Saudi families have plans to vacation in one foreign country or the other. Remaining families will either stay at home or travel to the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah or summer tourist destinations within the Kingdom like Taif, Abha and Al Baha. Interestingly, several Saudi housewives are wary of their husbands going alone to spend summer vacation abroad. They are suspicious of the vacation plans of their spouses to go alone without taking them or any other family members with them. Talking to the Arabic daily Al Watan, some of the women voiced their fear that their husbands might contract Aids and come back carrying the deadly virus to create havoc in their family life. Tragically, a few of these housewives have become victims of the killer disease because their husbands went on such foreign trips. Maha Mohammad, a Saudi woman, said she was always afraid of her husband becoming a victim of the disease whenever he leaves for abroad. "I always live in fear and anguish while my husband goes abroad for vacationing. Last time, I told him to carry out medical tests before coming back home so that I can live with him in satisfaction and relief," she said. Another housewife, aged 25, told the newspaper that she is a victim of Aids contracted from her husband after his return from an Arab country. "My husband used to undertake trips within the Kingdom and abroad at frequent intervals. Sometimes, he gave reasons and excuses for the trips, and some other occasions, there were no such excuses. "He always used to reject my request to take me with him, saying that a friend is accompanying him in the trip," she said. The young woman, who has two children, said she felt happy that her pregnancy would bring about changes in his habit. She said nothing changed even after they had a child. "After coming back from a foreign country, I found him exhausted and tired. When I inquired about it, his reply was that it was because of hard work," she said. Later, the young woman was shocked to see that she had also contracted Aids when she underwent medical tests following the second pregnancy. "When I informed him about this, his reaction was more shocking and mindboggling." Her husband divorced her accusing her of "disloyalty and cheating", she said. She said she was happy to learn later that her husband and his friend were undergoing treatment for the deadly disease [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
