Facebook chats cause divorce in Gaza
Facebook has enabled a new openness in Palestinian society, but also offers temptations of infidelity.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Facebook chat that young Yasser discovered between his wife and one of her friends was reason enough for him to accuse her of infidelity and divorce her.
Yasser, 27, who requested that his full name not be revealed, considered his wife’s chat with one of her Facebook friends a “cruel act of betrayal.” This was not the first time that he had seen conversations between his spouse of almost three years and strangers of the opposite sex, conversations that fall contrary to Palestinian society’s customs and traditions.
