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http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=130734&d=6&m=1&y=2010&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom Wednesday 6 January 2010 (20 Muharram 1431) Divorcee cries for help in Makkah Anwar Al-Sayed | Arab News PREDICAMENT: Saudi divorcee Ghaneemah and her daughter Khulood outside a makeshift tent in the Al-Faiyha residential area in Makkah on Tuesday. (AN photo by Ahmad Hashad) MAKKAH: A Saudi woman divorcee and her young daughter are homeless and living near a car park in Makkah after their landlord kicked them out of their home. The landlord refused to renew the tenancy despite the rent being paid on time. "For two weeks we have been living in a makeshift tent in the open at the mountains of the Al-Faiyha residential area without anyone coming to end our predicament," Ghaneemah, who is in her 40s, told Arab News. She made the walls of the tent from the few pieces of furniture she took with her when she left the house and its ceiling from torn clothes. "My troubles began when my ex-husband was imprisoned, leaving me in complete poverty with three sons and a daughter. We had nowhere to go after we were kicked out from the house rented for us by the Ministry of Social Affairs," she said. Ghaneemah said she left her three sons, the eldest of whom is 13, with their father's family and came to live in the open with her daughter Khulood. "The tent lacks the basic amenities. We suffer from the soaring heat during the day and cold during the night," she said. Ghaneemah said she tried not to be noisy in the evenings to avoid attention from intruders. "Despite the fact that the area is densely populated and the traffic police station is near us, I am always scared during the nights." Ghaneemah and her four children live on SR800 a month, which is paid by the Ministry of Social Affairs. "This is not enough to even buy food," she said, adding this was the reason she left her sons with her in-laws. She said she chose to live in this mountainous area to avoid awkward questions from people. "I am not looking for luxury. I just want to live decently with my children since their father left us," she said. Ghaneemah was astonished that no one so far has come to help her but she remains optimistic of receiving aid soon. "I am hoping that one of these good people will give us a house to live in." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
