According to the dailymail.co.uk:
An Arab ambassador called for an instant divorce after discovering his veil-wearing fiancée had a beard and was cross-eyed, it emerged today.
The would-be bride had hidden her face behind a Muslim niqab throughout their short courtship, meaning the diplomat had no idea what she looked like.
But as soon as the marriage contract was signed in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, he tried to kiss her, before coming face-to-face with her hairy face and strange squint.
‘He was absolutely horrified,’ said a wedding guest.
‘The bride had a nice personality, but there was a good reason why she was hiding her looks behind a veil.
‘A divorce was inevitable, and the groom went straight to court leaving his new bride in floods of tears.’
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I guess the Arab Ambassador never read. . . .
The Story of Jacob and Rachel ~ Genesis 29
Rachel was a beautiful woman and she had an older plain Jane sister named Leah. One day Jacob met Rachel at a well and fell head over heels in love with her. Jacob wanted Rachel for his bride so bad that he agreed to work for Laban, Rachel's father for seven years just to make her his bride.
On their wedding day the bride was all decked out in the finest of bridal garments and a veil completely covered her face. After partying too much at the wedding, Jacob discovered the next morning that he had been tricked, and had married the ugly duckling sister Leah. He had to work for another seven years to finally marry the love of his life Rachel. (The irony of the story is that Jacob was on the run when he met Rachel, because he had just tricked his brother Esau so that he could receive Isaac his father's blessings)
The good news to come out of all this deceit were Jacob's many sons. They became the "Twelve Tribes of Israel", and one of the descendants from the tribe of Judah was our Blessed Savior, Jesus Christ.
CORRECTION: Jacob did not have to wait seven years to marry Rachel, he only had to finish the marriage week with Leah. After that week he was then able to take Rachel as his wife. (But he did have to work another seven years for Laban, Rachael's father)
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You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. . . .Genesis 50:20 (NIV)
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