Azzaz, the woman whose family forced her divorce through the courts on the grounds of tribal incompatibility with her husband Mansour Al-Taimani but recently had the ruling overturned, has ridiculed suggestions from some quarters that he cast a magic spell on her. “When has love between a legitimately married couple ever been explained as magic?” Fatima asked Okaz. Fatima admitted, however, that she did consent to having a sheikh perform a “ruqya” recitation of the Qur'an on her while she was in prison, but “no signs of a spell were found”. Fatima had her marriage to Mansour, by whom she has a baby boy, restored by the court at the end of last month four years after they had been separated on the grounds of “tribal incompatibility”. Concerning her husband's family, Fatima said: “I've never met any of them, neither before the court ruling nor after, and I've never had any other form of communication with them.” Reiterating previous statements, Fatima said she was still open to reconciliation with her in-laws “if they are still interested”, and appealed to the authorities to put into effect the High Court ruling to reunite her family as soon as possible. “Despite the ruling being made over ten days ago, nothing has been done, unlike the ruling for our separation which was put into effect within a day,” she said. The couple claimed that Fatima's family brought the original case as her half-brothers were seeking to power of attorney over real estate she had inherited. Fatima said she had not given any relatives power of attorney and added that her brother had no right to accuse her husband of failing to perform prayer in congregation at the mosque. “It is my right as his wife!” she said in reference to whom may legitimately make such accusations. Fatima said that she herself confirmed her husband's lineage prior to the High Court doing the same via his many relatives and those who know him well in Taima and Al
