Here’s an actual story from the BBC:

Dubai court annuls marriage to ‘bearded lady’

An Arab country’s ambassador to Dubai has had his marriage contract annulled after discovering the bride was cross-eyed and had facial hair.

The woman had worn an Islamic veil, known as the niqab, on the few occasions the couple had met.

The envoy, who has not been identified, told a Sharia court her mother had tricked him by showing him pictures of the bride’s sister, Gulf News reported.

He only discovered the deception when he lifted the woman’s veil to kiss her.

The court had annulled the marriage contract but rejected a $130,000 (£83,000) compensation claim for gifts he had bought his intended, the report said.

Come on. That’s funny.

First of all, I had no idea that mothers pimped out their daughters by showing photos of them sans hijab to potential suitors. Doesn’t that make the hijab meaningless? Presumably the point is to be chaste whether or not the woman is in the room. If you can look at hijab-free photos of them then why even bother with the hijab? Seems like a weird loophole to me.

Second of all, it sounds like the girl didn’t misrepresent anything – it was all her mother’s doing. She met the guy a few times and thought that the guy was into her because she had a great personality.

Nope.

He just wanted to bone her better-groomed sister.

Not uncommon, sadly.

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