Value of being "VALUED"

Behind the veil & Behind the wheel

There was a girl Habiba from Saudi Arabia daughter of rich businessman. Habiba was a chirpy girl with full of life at same time she was very good in studies and pious from heart, she pray namaz all the five times so all these qualities lead to make her very good daughter.

Today was last day of exam of Habiba's graduation, after attending examination when Habiba was having lunch with family his father broke news in front of Habiba, her mother and her two male siblings that he fixed Habiba's marriage with a son of businessman who belongs to India and living in Mumbai city, hearing it Habiba got shocked and immediately went to her room.Habiba have never thought of marriage soo early she was now a days planning how she will going to spend her vacation with her friends and suddenly her father broke such a big news, she was thinking all these and at that time her father knocked her room's door and enter the room and explain her that he had taken this decision for her better future only because in India she can get more liberty and she will be able to build her career and can lead more liberal lifestyle.Habiba got her father point of view but was not ready for marriage it seems to her unfair and also she got hurt deeply because she was thinking her father is much broad minded than other males in her country so how he can take such a decision, she said No to marriage and but her father forced her and she got married after two months and shifted to India Mumbai.

After three years Habiba visited Saudi Arabia her father house with her two year son, as soon as she took step out of the aircraft she reminds herself regarding wearing veil from head to toe, in india her in laws were very liberal and she need to just put scarf on her head and she use to work with her businessman husband, drive, go out with or without male guardian, attend parties and live normally.

After a week her father and mother got invitation for attending wedding so they went to attend marriage but Habiba didn't go with them because his son was sick due to change in weather, her brothers were out for work and she was alone and felt asleep beside  her son when she woke up she saw her son was lying on floor in pool of blood as he fall from bed.Habiba took her son on her arms and right away went to hospital by driving her car but she met with an small accident in which nobody get injured but police came and saw that woman was driving which is not allowed in this country and took her in the custody, they took her child also and send to the hospital.

Court announced two months jail and fine to her hearing to this her father got heart attack as nobody in his family have went to jail.When Habiba came out of the jail her mother told her his father have diagnosed with heart problem way back when she was in her final year that is why he fixed Habiba's marriage that to in the country and family where she can live her life happily because he was knowing that he had very less time left.Now Habiba understand her father was not only broad minded but also a visionary.

She was remembering this incident of her life after two years while reading news in newspaper that now Saudi women are allowed to drive.