Maids in the Middle East

"On Monday, newspapers quoted the maid as saying her employer, a widow, told her she wanted to cure her from a mental illness when she used a hot iron on her, causing severe injuries to her head and body.  Doctors said the maid was still at hospital as she is suffering from burns on her body, cuts in her scalp and upper lip, a fractured pelvis and many wounds.  According to the papers, the 53-year-old widow confessed to the crime after her son told police during interrogation that his mother tortured the maid." (thanks Farah)