Divorce in Lebanon 🇱🇧 | Al Jazeera World 

i love this! good job on making this!

It's a very interesting documentary, but I can't help to miss the male perspective. I get that the guy who beat his wife might not want to be on camera but what do men in general think of divorce in Lebanon? Still though, good to show strong women standing up for them selves in a system that seems to be against them!

This is very sad...but this is not in Lebanon only where women get beaten it's everywhere I mean such type of person find everywhere.... Allah bless those women and give strength

Very good documentary. It's a strange circumstance these women find themselves in. The girl who is young whose husband would hit her I feel especially bad for. She is still a child, the poor dear.

feeling sorry for these beautiful ladies.

after the glamorous wedding the ending divorce so sad life it's better to be a single forever no body can't hurt you physically emotionaly and mentaly bcoz not all man you encounter and propose you to get married are good dats y not all man and woman they get married are happily married..

I don't know much about a dowry, but it seems to me that if they are getting a divorce, she has no right to the full dowry. This should also be half. If they are married, yes, she has right to all the money of the dowry. It's hers to do whatever she wants with it whether she works or not, but in the case of a marriage that's being dissolved, it would not be right for her to be owed all of the dowry, especially if they should be dividing things 50/50 in the first place. On the other had, it doesn't seem like the courts divi up things half/half for them, so maybe the dowry owed to her is all she has.

sad, the children should be with mothers first and foremost. it's unnatural and a vindictive punishment to take the child away from the mother in divorce

I believe beforehand when a couple gets married they need to know each on a much deeper level like understanding each other but unfortunately they pretend to love each other for personal gains . or to satisfy their parents. But Marriage should be taken seriously and not for each others interests in the marriage because in the long run children are going. To suffer mental a anguish and pay the price. A couple need to have a strong vision for their LIFE . what they really want from the relationships BEFORE they get hitched their wagon to a star. Wishing on a. Star to follow who u are . wishing on a Dream to follow what it means Peace in our TIME. Love and understanding 2019 !

these poor women treated like property by these corrupt male courts

In my opinion, everything should be split 50/50 according to law. If they can't come to an agreement themselves, the court should divi it up for them: half/half in the case of a dissolution of marriage. Nobody pays anything to each other unless it's child support. If a person has no job to support himself/herself, then he/she needs to file for government assistance or if this route is refused, then with a private organization to help the person get on his/her feet during their hardship. With that being said, divorce shouldn't be taken lightly. There should be 3 major grounds for divorce: Abuse, Addiction, & Neglect of Conjugal duties (which includes adultery-don't cheat!) These charges should be separate and carried out by the courts outside of the divorce.

The music in the background is scary. It sounded like it’s coming from a horror movie.💀

It is also their mistake...why they didn't chose civil mariage from the beginning

The besr solution is civil marriage law while religious laws are more biased towards men!

Please someone from Lebanon help me, I have been spared 8 month with my future husband. He live in Beirut. I really we can be together oneday. I dont divorce before marry....

Great documentary, Bad translation

These women are strong. God bless them. I thought Muslim man don't abuse their women?

Just adopt civil law on marriage instead of having one for every Christians group, one for every Muslim group, one for the Druze, etc...

Divorce in Lebanon.

Come do a documentary about marriage in the United States. In the United States, Civil marriage is imposed on its citizens. There is no right to choose to have your marriage contract governed by morality. Religious ceremony's are just for show and tradition. Civil marriage courts are the only ones that have authority when marriages go defunked. Civil marriage is governed by Hedonism and idolatry of men and what they think is right and wrong, not morality. Often victims of adultery have their wages garnished, loose their children, and loose their property, to the adulterer. Any states that have laws based in morality are ignored and considered archaic. They believe in "no fault Divorce". Where they consider divorce to be no body's fault and it is taboo to bring up any sort of resemblance of a moral breech of contract regarding adultery. Adulatory is a personal freedom. The courts would likely order you to a form of reeducation if you think otherwise. How can one say there is freedom in the United States? You are only free To have the same values as the state on how something as personal as your marriage contract is governed.

In Islam no matter the sect the woman is always on the losing end as her testimony/worth is considered half that of a man....I speak from first hand experience..

You presented the views of all the women, what about the views of their husbands.

I'm 25 unmarred and want divorce women

The same freakin country that supports Hezbollah.

Why only Women are oppressed even men are also oppressed, if you see in Western Countries Women can take divorce anytime from husband and husband has to pay for rest of his life Alimony and Child support, Women can come anytime Women can go anytime, even after marriage even if Husband is waiting for her she doesn't have to come home or she can go out and dance with anyone, the man or husband can not even ask her. Here in this case yes Women are getting problems but what about men who are suffering, there is not a single documentary about it, it is sad. Not only Women, men are also equal, if you see in England, US etc men commit suicides because of financial problems they go through because of just loving or marrying a bad Woman. That's why I say to men - never marry any Woman, "girlfriend is cheaper than Wife or Ex-Wife and Condoms or Contraceptives are cheaper than Child support", never marry and never have any child up until you see and observe her for at least 10-15 yrs. I interviewed many men in US when I was living there, who literally cried because of the financial mayhem their Ex-Wives or Girlfriends left for them. Men - its not worth to marry or have Children when you yourselves are not safe. Someone asked me do you suggest the same for your mother and sisters (this is the utmost use of emotional blackmail, but I knew I would get this question), I said, I don't care, because if my Sisters want to follow the rules of marriage they will marry otherwise they would become girlfriends of somebody, why would I stop or force her/them from doing anything. Its easy for anybody to become popular by supporting a Woman, do somebody become popular by supporting any man? Gender discrimination is happening with men too, if any couple goes to anybody, husband is at fault by default until he proves mistake of the Woman or Wife? Isn't that gender discrimination? Yes in the above cases men are at fault, but its not fair to create discrimination based upon some cases, men are also suffering, specially in Western Countries or in metro cities of India or any country for that matter. This Western civilization has given very bad reputation for men, when there are many books to understand the Woman's sexuality there is not a single book to understand mans sexuality, why always men have to understand Women why not the other way round, I never saw anyone giving program to understand the issues of men. I think today feminism would be ready to kill many men because all it needs few male species for reproduction. Even though I consider both of them as Humans, but the mans and woman's sexuality are different, in this World mans sexuality is taken as violent where as Women sexuality is taken divine etc, its not true. Even though they say and scream Women are equal but when man can't make living or earn food, he is subject to discrimination, there are many men who treat Women nicely (I don't know if they treat equal or not) and provide them everything, if man sits home and woman make living or earn bread - we all know what can we expect from Wife or other people around us. Men its my suggestion never marry anyone - no matter whatever is the case don't marry and don't have kids until you see her up to 10-15 yrs.

Women should never have the right to divorce except for the cause of infidelity (proof needed) according to biblical scripture. If divorce for other reasons she should be fined and jailed. If that doesn't work lethal action from the spouse will take place. Btw, I'm Lebanese and know these things well as a religious person living within a religious country. Also, marriage is only allowed if both same religion, if not it's problematic thus religious conversions do occur. This is how my country works so for those who don't like this idea can leave and live elsewhere 👍 All this women worshiping from western feminist America, etc. about the idea of divorcing other than infidelity is forbidden in our country. Keep these western unbiblical propaganda rights (including civil marriages) out of our country!

The only solution for arabic women is go and married in Tunisia...the only arabic country without all this bullshit

I hate Divorce

the problem is the woman herself , they are so reluctant to marry decent men . but living in London . and single looking for a divorced Lebanese woman ,religion ,not an issue .

Come do a documentary about marriage in the United States. In the United States, Civil marriage is imposed on its citizens. There is no right to choose to have your marriage contract governed by morality. Religious ceremony's are just for show and tradition. Civil marriage courts are the only ones that have authority when marriages go defunked. Civil marriage is governed by Hedonism and idolatry of men and what they think is right and wrong, not morality. Often victims of adultery have their wages garnished, loose their children, and loose their property, to the adulterer. Any states that have laws based in morality are ignored and considered archaic. They believe in "no fault Divorce". Where they consider divorce to be no body's fault and it is taboo to bring up any sort of resemblance of a moral breech of contract regarding adultery. Adulatory is a personal freedom. The courts would likely order you to a form of reeducation if you think otherwise. How can one say there is freedom in the United States? You are only free To have the same values as the state on how something as personal as your marriage contract is governed.