DIVORCE IN EGYPT
NO LONGER" MANS - INCONTESTABLE RIGHT. WOMAN AWARDED £SOO COMPENSATION. (TT.P.A. Vjy Elec. Tel. Copyright) CAIRO, Jan. 3. Divorce is lid longer man’s ineonlestahle right in at least one Moslem Country. f . Awarding £SOO damages ,to;-a Avifo ,vho sought compensation for divorce m Egyptian court laid down the priu•iple. that • the husband must show reasons for divorcing lii's wife. It was also -stated that a. wife can. stipulate in’ the marriage contract ;hat the man .should not marry anyjne else while .she.-is his wife, and nust divorce any wives lie already las. . ;V
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11406, 6 January 1931, Page 2
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