Thursday, October 22, 2009
Today, Mr. Sanea and his wife are battling it out with his in-laws -- the Gosaibi clan -- over fraud accusations and a multibillion-dollar pile of bad
"The Gosaibi-Sanea soap opera is roiling the wealthy enclave here in Khobar, where the two families live in side-by-side estates. In one sign of the tension: For about two months, a cardboard box has been sitting in front of Mr. Sanea's estate, near a palm tree. It holds a court summons and documents from his in-laws that he has declined to accept, say lawyers who tried to serve the papers. On the local social scene, it's been a summer of gossip and consternation. Khobar's ladies who lunch were torn about how the feud might disrupt invitation lists for the massive late-evening parties that are traditional during Ramadan, the month when Muslims fast during the day." (thanks Jamal)