Mum loses custody of her daughter after judge rules she's 'too Western to raise the child' in Saudi Arabia
She recently divorced her Saudi husband and sought custody of their four-year-old daughter, Zaina.
"Knowing that it is in men's nature not to stay at home and not to honor/fulfill parental role themselves." Vierra detailed her experience as a mother, describing how she stayed at home to raise Zaina for three years and the returned to work to support her financially after her ex-husband quit his job.
"The judge's ruling destroyed us. Zaina overheard the lawyers telling me that one of the reasons she was ruled to be removed from my custody was her being fluent in English - and not speaking Arabic well."For 73 minutes she clung to me, counting from 1 to 10 in Arabic on repeat while crying." "What is my crime? Doing a handstand? Not being Saudi? Not covering my body while I was on vacation in the United States of America?
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