"I endured his crazy behaviors throughout our marriage, his constant absence from home, and being neglected for months due to his work outside Egypt. During our 12 years of marriage, he married 5 women with informal contracts, spending months with each one in search of money. When I complained to his family, they abused me and accused me of exposing their son," said one wife in the family court in Giza, revealing the suffering she endured with her husband, which drove her to seek separation and require him to pay the accumulated expenses over a year and a half.
The wife stated in her lawsuit: "In our last argument, he drugged me, forced me to take private photos, and used them to blackmail and threaten me, in addition to forcing me to sign bonds exceeding 300,000 Egyptian pounds, leaving me to live in hell after he pursued me with legal cases until I relinquished my legitimate rights and custody of my children."
She added: "I never fell short in my duties to him, and I wish he had appreciated what I did for him. Instead, he threw himself into the arms of other women, continuously criticized me, and argued with me for no reason. He refused to divorce me and left me in limbo, so I found no other way to escape him but to resort to the law. I went to the family court and filed a lawsuit demanding my divorce after he insulted my dignity and tarnished my reputation despite the fact that I am the mother of his children. He pursued me with accusations against my honor, embarrassed me in the community where I live, and threatened to harm me as punishment for opposing his disastrous actions with the women he marries, along with pursuing me with imprisonment cases for fraud."
The personal status law affirms that the husband must declare his marital status in the marriage document; if he is married, he must indicate the names of the wife or wives he is legally bound to and their places of residence, and the notary must inform them of the new marriage via a registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt.
