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The middle-east is a lot of countries with different rules (ie: it includes Lebanon). But to help you understand, it's totally feasible for a woman in say, Qatar (the strictest), to become a business woman and do all her affairs by herself. If she is married, her husband become her "guardian". But don't be deluded, the woman family will stand in opposition if things go south. Also the husband doesn't have the right to his wife money under Islamic law. There is no splitting of hers.