Friday, January 2, 2009

A dysfunctional Jordanian family

An acquaintance of mine lives with his family in a poorer section of the Greater Amman Municipality. He lives with his three brothers, two of whom are married, and his one unmarried sister (several other sisters are married and living with their husbands). The unmarried brother is an alcoholic and goes out drinking every night with his friends. When he comes home, usually at 2 am or later, he wakes up the unmarried sister and demands that she make him something to eat. He also screams at her and hits her if she doesn't keep up with washing and ironing his clothes. Also, one of the sisters lives in a different Arab country with a husband who beats her, and her son also beats her. (The husband has a second wife whom he favors.) The family in Amman want to go to this other Arab country to rescue her, but they can't get visas.

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