Desperate UAE divorcée tries to fix debts with 'kidney' deal

A woman in the UAE [2]is offering her kidney for sale in a last-ditch attempt to pay off Dhs500,000 debt she ran up after a divorce.

The Emirati, who fears her debts will land her in jail, [3] says she will happily travel to Iran to have her kidney removed [4]because selling organs is legal there.

The 45-year-old, who wants to remain anonymous so her three children do not hear of her plight, told 7DAYS: “I am desperate. I am about to be thrown out of the house I rent and I have nobody to turn to. I have tried everything. I have tried selling gold, selling oil and made so many job applications I’ve lost count. [5]

“If I was a bad woman I could have found a man to give me money but I would never do that. I can’t see any other option than to sell my kidney. My blood is group O-negative, which is rare, so I hope I get more for it.”

The woman said she clocked up the debt mostly in rent arrears. She said: “My landlord has been more than reasonable but he couldn’t carry on and has now taken me to the rent committee.

“I’ve asked everywhere for help. I looked into the scheme for Emiratis to get a home but it means buying and you need an income of Dhs7,000 a month for that. I feel like a beggar.

“I know I’m not the only divorced Emirati woman in this position with debts but I just can’t go on like this.”

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