{"id":4757,"date":"2008-05-24T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-24T05:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=2757"},"modified":"2008-05-24T11:15:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-24T05:45:00","slug":"the-first-time-ever-i-saw-your-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/the-first-time-ever-i-saw-your-face\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe First Time Ever I Saw Your Face\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the greatest love songs of our times<\/a> has an entirely different, tragic meaning for some people in Saudi Arabia. The Daily Mail<\/i> reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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After 30 years of marriage, cynics might say most husbands and wives would have seen quite enough of each other, thank you very much.<\/p>\n

But not in the case of one Saudi Arabian man who managed to live with his wife for three decades without setting eyes on her face.<\/p>\n

Not that he had much choice about it. His 50-year-old wife followed the tradition of her native village near the south-western city of Khamis Mushayt and kept her features veiled at all times.<\/p>\n

Until one night last month, that is, when the husband was finally overcome by curiosity and tried to lift his wife’s veil as she slept to take a look at her face.<\/p>\n

It was an error he is unlikely to be given a chance to repeat for his outraged wife woke up during his sneak peek and is now demanding a divorce.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I wonder if she yelped something to the effect of “arre, meri izzat loot li”<\/i> when she awoke to find her husband looking at her. Imagine all those years of making love with her face behind a wall. Stunning.<\/p>\n

Anyway, to get back to something more pleasant, here’s one of the many memorable moments from this year’s American Idol<\/i>: eventual winner David Cook singing “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”:<\/p>\n