Defamed wife wins divorce battle

A woman in Dubai has won her legal battle for securing a divorce after her husband accused her of adultery in front of their daughter and other members of her family.

Her demand for a divorce was at first turned down by a Dubai court, as the husband had refused to grant a divorce. However, she appealed, requesting the court to apply a personal status law used by her religious denomination in family matters in her home country of Lebanon. The court agreed and she ended up wining the case, securing the divorce for herself as well as alimony from the man.