Qatari women link miscarriages to evil eye, jinns
When Qatari women miscarry, they have to deal with their grief and psychological scars on their own, often accepting their misfortune as "God's will."
Eman al-Hammadi was excited to start a family, but her three consecutive pregnancies ended in miscarriages. She attributes the tragedies to "al-ayn" — the evil eye — which is an Islamic belief that misfortune is transmitted from one person to another out of jealousy or envy.
“Even though I [was not particularly superstitious], I slowly started believing in the evil eye after I had my second miscarriage,” Hammadi, a 24-year-old Qatari student, told Al-Monitor.
