The US and the Bahraini princess

The Bahraini princess Mariam al-Khaleifa who fled from her country with an American man was offered a permanent stay in the US after she argued that she will be exposed to repression if she returns back to her country.

News reports said that Mariam who is a relative to the ruling family in Bahrain is seeking asylum in the US, claiming that she fears her safety because she violated the traditions by having a relation with a non- Muslim.

Mariam's lawyer Jan Begar said he had negotiated with the US emigrants officials over the arrangements which was offered to her on Thursday morning, adding that she is still a foreigner but she can have a permanent stay and that she is very happy because she has lastly found a resort, stressing that the princess has no desire to return to Kuwait.

Worthy mentioning that Mariam who arrived in the US one and a half years ago with Jason Johnson who was working then in the US Navy positioned in Bahrain. They got married later. Johnson's service was terminated in the Navy before its set date. The couple, at the meantime lives somewhere on the western coast of the USA.