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DevCatOTA t1_ivpagl6 wrote

Reply to comment by curiousarcher in US woman detained by Saudi officials after saying she has been trapped there since 2019 by hugglenugget

Back in the 1960s, in Germany, my mom told me she had a friend and an Arabic boyfriend of hers wanted to marry her. German authorities made it clear to her that if she married an Arab, and they visited his country, she would have no protections. This was explained to her when they went to get a marriage license.

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curiousarcher t1_ivq01g5 wrote

Yes, I have a similar story. So, my mom and I lived on a 1950’s cruise ship that was in repairs, as a venture to bring technology to Third World countries and the Captain of the ship was from Iran. She was invited to travel to the Middle East by him back in 1989. Fortunately she knew better and made sure that he was clear she would be going nowhere near there! He tried to persuade my very gorgeous, leggy, blonde mom for months! Lol we know how that would have ended.

Truly makes me wonder how many women have been trapped over there as sex slaves by nefarious men? Makes my stomach turn.

As an aside, if anyone is interested, this is the ship we lived on. It was the first ship made out of Germany after the war and the ship featured in the James Bond movie, From Russia With Love. Jeraldine Saunders who wrote the book, The Love Boat was inspired by her time on the vessel. It is the last of its kind. The rest of these ships from this era have been turned into razor blades and scrap metal etc.

https://youtu.be/6cToDiPefJk

https://youtu.be/Nn5gPueQVQs

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