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Blind Passion and a SIM Card: The Fatal Unraveling of a Sa'idi Man's Honor and the Maryutiya Canal Murder · Crime Night

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  Speaker 1: Okay, picture this the Meriut Canal and Giza. The air
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  Speaker 1: there it's often heavy, you know, that smell of still water, weeds, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: stagnant exactly. But on this one particular morning, something else
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  Speaker 1: hung in the air, something sharp, almost synthetic, but underneath
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  Speaker 1: something else, something deeply wrong.
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  Speaker 2: And that's when the farmer saw it.
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  Speaker 1: That's right, Yah, working near the bank spots this lump,
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  Speaker 1: dark wet, partly burned, fused almost it was a human foot.
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  Speaker 2: Just horrific. And that single discovery well triggers everything else. Right,
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  Speaker 2: A full search kicks off immediately because this wasn't just
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  Speaker 2: some random bit of trash was it was clearly evidence
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  Speaker 2: calculated violence.
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  Speaker 1: And they find the rest nearby, Yeah, cut up four pieces,
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  Speaker 1: completely disfigured the killer, whoever it was. They clearly wanted
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  Speaker 1: to erase her utterly.
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  Speaker 2: But they slipped up massively he did.
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  Speaker 1: Because when the divers went in pulling out the lower
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  Speaker 1: half of the body from that murky water, she was
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  Speaker 1: still wearing clothes with a pair of or cheap shorts. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: inside the pocket, just tucked away a tiny piece of
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  Speaker 1: plastic damaged by the water, a mobile phone sim card.
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  Speaker 2: Wow, that single tiny thing that was a thread that
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  Speaker 2: simcard pulled investigators straight out of the canal and directly
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  Speaker 2: to the life of a man named Munir. And that's
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  Speaker 2: where this deep dive really takes us into Munir's story,
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  Speaker 2: a man whose life seems so so stable, but then
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  Speaker 2: it just dissolved, not because of some outside force, but
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  Speaker 2: because of what our sources call a blind passion. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: so we're going to trace how that happened, how this
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  Speaker 2: self inflicted catastrophe unfolded. We'll look at the pressures cultural, honor, money,
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  Speaker 2: this total delusion, and how they all tangled together, how
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  Speaker 2: devotion twisted into well savage revenge.
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  Speaker 1: For you listening, the real focus here is trying to
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  Speaker 1: understand the psychology behind it all. How does that kind
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  Speaker 1: of collapse even happen? Right, So let's back up. Who
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  Speaker 1: was Manir before all this, before the obsession took hold.
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  Speaker 2: Well, by all accounts, he was the picture of stability,
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  Speaker 2: successful guy, worked in reinforcing steel and Kurdas, married for kids.
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  Speaker 1: And crucially a Saiedi man from Upper Egypt. That background,
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  Speaker 1: it comes with a really strong cultural code, doesn't it. Honor, tradition, very.
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  Speaker 2: Important paramount absolutely and his life seemed built on that foundation.
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  Speaker 2: His wife, she was responsible handled the home, the kids,
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  Speaker 2: He traveled a lot for work, good money, and she
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  Speaker 2: had his complete trust.
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  Speaker 1: Total trust. But that workload, the family responsibilities, it eventually
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  Speaker 1: opened up this small, almost imperceptible.
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  Speaker 2: Crack, dangerous one though it was emotional, wasn't it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah? His wife probably just overwhelmed. She started, maybe unintentionally
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  Speaker 1: neglecting what the sources call his legitimate needs, and for.
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  Speaker 2: A SAIDI man, like you said, valuing honor and discretion
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  Speaker 2: above almost everything. That kind of frustration. That's a huge
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  Speaker 2: internal conflict. It's something you just don't talk about.
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  Speaker 1: But he did, which is fascinating. Like you said, his
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  Speaker 1: frustration got so bad he actually broke that code, started
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  Speaker 1: confiding in friends about this private domestic issue.
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  Speaker 2: That little break from protocol. It tells you something, doesn't it.
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  Speaker 2: It shows he was already desperate, maybe feeling vulnerable psychologically
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  Speaker 2: open to suggestion.
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  Speaker 1: And suggestion is exactly what he got. One of those
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  Speaker 1: friends offered a solution, a truly terrible one, suggested munear
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  Speaker 1: visit a let's call it a suspicious apartment.
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  Speaker 2: Right a place connected to the sex trade.
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  Speaker 1: Basically, he went and That's where he met Rehab.
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  Speaker 2: And she gave him the story, the standard one, really
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  Speaker 2: but compelling if you're primed to hear it.
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  Speaker 1: The victim's story. Hardship forced her into this life, this
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  Speaker 1: squalid field, as they put it. She just longed for
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  Speaker 1: a way out, a clean slate.
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  Speaker 2: And muonear. He didn't just feel sorry for her. He
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  Speaker 2: was completely captivated. That frustration he'd been feeling, it just
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  Speaker 2: morphed instantly into this intense infatuation love.
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  Speaker 1: Even it went beyond love, though, didn't it. The sources
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  Speaker 1: call it worship. He was consumed. He saw only the victims.
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  Speaker 2: She claimed to be totally consumed, so much so he
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  Speaker 2: offered marriage right then and there.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, but with one absolute condition. She had to cut
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  Speaker 1: all ties instantly, leave that life behind completely and rehab.
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  Speaker 2: She agreed immediately, of course she did. She saw his
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  Speaker 2: earning potential, sure, but more than that, she saw his
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  Speaker 2: total devotion. She knew right from the start she had him,
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  Speaker 2: she had all the leverage.
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  Speaker 1: So early twenty eleven, the secret marriage happens. He doesn't
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  Speaker 1: tell his first wife, doesn't tell kids, doesn't even tell
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  Speaker 1: Rehab's family. No one knows. He gets a new apartment
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  Speaker 1: far away, and the excuse for his first family the
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  Speaker 1: usual one, extensive work travel, and they.
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  Speaker 2: Bought it completely. Years of trust built up, why would
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  Speaker 2: they doubt him?
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  Speaker 1: Right? And he poured money into this new life, didn't
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  Speaker 1: He All new furniture for Rehab, trying to build this
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  Speaker 1: clean slate for her.
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  Speaker 2: Exactly living out the fantasy he wanted to believe in.
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  Speaker 2: But that fantasy, well, it had a very short expiration date,
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  Speaker 2: about two months.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe it didn't take long for reality to intrude Rehabs
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  Speaker 1: old contacts, her associates, clients. They started showing up again.
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  Speaker 2: Putting pressure on her, reminding her how much money she
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  Speaker 2: was leaving on the table, big daily income she was
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  Speaker 2: missing out on.
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  Speaker 1: So miniar confronts her, reminds her of the promise, the
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  Speaker 1: deal they made, cut off the squalid relationships.
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  Speaker 2: But Rehab wasn't backing down. She wasn't really sorry. You
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  Speaker 2: get the sense she was testing him, pushing the boundaries,
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  Speaker 2: seeing how far his blind passion would let her go.
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  Speaker 2: She knew that love was her collateral.
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  Speaker 1: She knew he was hooked. So she moves from just
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  Speaker 1: testing the waters to well proposing something quite extreme.
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  Speaker 2: The ultimate scheme, really, She suggested he turned their apartment
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  Speaker 2: into a brothel. Can you imagine?
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  Speaker 1: Incredible? What was her logic?
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  Speaker 2: The marriage was the perfect cover. She could just claim
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  Speaker 2: any men visiting were quote friends of her husband.
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  Speaker 1: Unbelievable and Monear.
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  Speaker 2: He refused repeatedly. He still had some shred of that
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  Speaker 2: Saieti honor left. It seems he wouldn't cross that line.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, So Rehab changes tactics again.
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  Speaker 2: He's to keep control, needs the money exactly, So she
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  Speaker 2: suggests they leave Egypt altogether and moved to Sudan. Her
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  Speaker 2: pitch the distance would force her to change. She could
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  Speaker 2: go back to her old skill cooking, maybe a genuine
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  Speaker 2: fresh start, far away from temptation.
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  Speaker 1: And Munear, still desperate for the fantasy to be real.
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  Speaker 2: He jumps at it, instantly sells everything. All that new
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  Speaker 2: furniture he just bought gone liquidated to fund the move.
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  Speaker 1: And tells his first family.
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  Speaker 2: What other lie, another lie, a good job opportunity abroad,
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  Speaker 2: promises he'll send for them later. He's not just spending
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  Speaker 2: money now, he's burning his bridges, liquidating his entire future based.
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  Speaker 1: On her word, So they go to Sudan for how
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  Speaker 1: long a year?
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  Speaker 2: And a half in that whole time, his worst fears
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  Speaker 2: are just confirmed. She keeps up the suspicious relationships even there.
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  Speaker 1: So the change of scenery didn't work. Shocking, not at all.
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  Speaker 2: And Munar he's just spiraling, stressed, obsessed, losing focus on
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  Speaker 2: his actual work and rehab. She takes control of the money,
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  Speaker 2: confiscates his oarn.
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  Speaker 1: Meaning nothing goes back home to his first wife and kids.
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  Speaker 2: Nothing. The financial pressure, the emotional toll, it's all building.
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  Speaker 2: It's become this ticking bomb.
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  Speaker 1: And eventually it has to explode. Early twenty thirteen, right.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, when you're finally puts his foot down for the
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  Speaker 2: first time, really asserts himself, says they're going back to Egypt.
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  Speaker 2: Rehab objects strongly, but he insists, so they return.
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  Speaker 1: That things don't get better, do they. They get worse,
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  Speaker 1: much worse, immediately worse.
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  Speaker 2: Upon returning, rehab sets a trap, a really definitive one.
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  Speaker 2: Asks Munir to visit her family in Nimbaba and ambush completely.
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  Speaker 2: He walks in and he's surrounded by her relatives and
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  Speaker 2: they demand he signed documents, two very specific, very damaging
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  Speaker 2: financial documents.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, let's pause here, because these documents are critical. What
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  Speaker 1: were They.
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  Speaker 2: First promisory notes for four hundred thousand Egyptian pounds.
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  Speaker 1: Which is I mean for a skilled worker like him,
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  Speaker 1: that's a huge amount of money, right years.
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  Speaker 2: Of earnings several years easily. And second something called an
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  Speaker 2: i ema it's basically a detailed dowry life contracts, also
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  Speaker 2: valued at four hundred thousand egp, so.
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  Speaker 1: Eight hundred thousand pounds total. This wasn't just about marriage.
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  Speaker 1: This was about financial control, legal.
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  Speaker 2: Leverage, exactly securing her rights, yes, but more importantly securing
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  Speaker 2: his liability. And Moneir still drowning in that obsession, that
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  Speaker 2: destructive passion, he signed them. He signed everything, legally bound
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  Speaker 2: himself to potential ruin for a woman who is actively
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  Speaker 2: betraying him.
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  Speaker 1: And only after signing that, after basically handing her the
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  Speaker 1: keys to his financial destruction, then he tells his first
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  Speaker 1: family about the second marriage.
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  Speaker 2: That's right, The timing is just brutal.
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  Speaker 1: So they set up house again, new apartment, more new
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  Speaker 1: furniture is third.
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  Speaker 2: Set third time, lucky, not quite. Within about a month
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  Speaker 2: and a half, the whole charade falls apart again. Her
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  Speaker 2: old contacts are back visiting the new place.
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  Speaker 1: And when he confronts her this time she.
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  Speaker 2: Just brushes it off, mere visits. She says, completely casual
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  Speaker 2: about it. But the delusion, for Muniar, it's finally becoming
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  Speaker 2: impossible to maintain.
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  Speaker 1: He's starting to see through it, it has to be.
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  Speaker 2: The skepticism is growing. And that's when Rehab plays her
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  Speaker 2: trump card, the weapon he handed her.
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  Speaker 1: The promisory notes.
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  Speaker 2: She threatens him, says, if he raises one more objection, voices,
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  Speaker 2: one more suspicion, she'll use those four hundred thousand EGP
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  Speaker 2: notes to put him in prison.
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  Speaker 1: Checkmate.
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  Speaker 2: She had him cornered. He was now more valuable to
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  Speaker 2: her as a source of income she could blackmail than
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  Speaker 2: as an actual husband.
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  Speaker 1: And then the final straw, the point of no return.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Munir comes home early one day unexpectedly finds Rehab
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  Speaker 2: there with a female friend and another man, a young
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  Speaker 2: man he doesn't know, and Rehab's explanation caught off guard,
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  Speaker 2: she lies again, claims the man is a relative.
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  Speaker 1: But this time it doesn't smooth things over.
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  Speaker 2: No, it leads to a huge fight, violent apparently, and
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  Speaker 2: in that chaos everything crystallizes for both of them. Munir knows, finally,
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  Speaker 2: with absolute certainty, she will never change and rehab knows
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  Speaker 2: he will never ever let her go back to her
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  Speaker 2: old life life freely.
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  Speaker 1: The trust, however warped it was, is just shattered, irreversibly.
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  Speaker 2: Come on completely.
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  Speaker 1: So the next morning, Reeb's gone, took her bag left.
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  Speaker 2: Munir looks for her, maybe half heartedly, then goes to
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  Speaker 2: the police files a missing person report.
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  Speaker 1: And the police investigation quickly turns up her history right
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  Speaker 1: the fact she was registered.
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  Speaker 2: There's a prostitute. Yeah yeah, public morals cases, which of
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  Speaker 2: course Munir already knew.
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  Speaker 1: But that history plays right into his hands now, doesn't it.
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  Speaker 1: It provides the perfect cover story.
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  Speaker 2: The perfect plausible narrative. The police everyone would just assume
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  Speaker 2: she'd run off again, fled to continue her work somewhere
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  Speaker 2: else without him interfering.
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  Speaker 1: So Munir goes back to Kurdasa, back to his old life,
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  Speaker 1: probably relieved, maybe even thinking he's finally free, appreciating his
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  Speaker 1: clean life again. The authority certainly seemed to buy the
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  Speaker 1: voluntary disappearance angle.
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  Speaker 2: Everyone bought it until about a month and a half later,
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  Speaker 2: back to.
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  Speaker 1: The Mariutu Canal, the grim reality surfaces.
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  Speaker 2: Forensic medicine pieces it together. The remains belong to one
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  Speaker 2: woman thirties dead for over a month. The cause of
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  Speaker 2: death multiple stab wounds chest and back with.
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  Speaker 1: A knife, and then the dismemberment.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, chillingly specific, cut into four sections and the tool
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  Speaker 2: used a serrated saw. They also found evidence of an
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  Speaker 2: attempt to burn the body parts, but it wasn't complete.
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  Speaker 1: But how did they identify her with the body in
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  Speaker 1: that state?
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  Speaker 2: It all came back to that tiny piece of plastic,
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  Speaker 2: the technological lifeline, the criminal investigation lab. They did incredible work,
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  Speaker 2: managed to pull the data off that water damage SIM
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  Speaker 2: card found in.
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  Speaker 1: Her shorts and the sim was registered.
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  Speaker 2: To registered directly to MUNIR.
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  Speaker 1: The connection is made instantly. His missing person report, the
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  Speaker 1: known marital problems now linked to these horrific remains via
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  Speaker 1: his own SIM card.
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  Speaker 2: So the police go to arrest him, and when they arrive,
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  Speaker 2: there's no fight lift in him, no denial. He confesses
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  Speaker 2: immediately as soon as he sees the officers, admits it all.
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  Speaker 2: Rehab didn't disappear. He killed her.
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  Speaker 1: And the motive it wasn't just passionate anymore, whether it
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  Speaker 1: was cold.
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  Speaker 2: Much colder, dual sided. Really part of it was revenge,
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  Speaker 2: absolutely revenge for the years of being blinded, the betrayal,
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  Speaker 2: the assault on his honor as a said man, that
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  Speaker 2: deep wound.
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  Speaker 1: But the other part pure.
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  Speaker 2: Calculation, the desire to eliminate that crushing financial threat. Those
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  Speaker 2: four hundred thousand EGP promisory notes he'd signed. Murderer was
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  Speaker 2: his way out of that trap.
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  Speaker 1: So he details the murder, the sequence of events after
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  Speaker 1: that final fight.
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  Speaker 2: He does the stabbing, repeated blows with the knife, then
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  Speaker 2: using the saw to dismember the body, trying and failing
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  Speaker 2: to burn the pieces before dumping them in the canal.
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  Speaker 1: But the SIM card, the one piece of evidence that
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  Speaker 1: brought him down. How did that end up in her pocket?
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  Speaker 1: Did he put it there?
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  Speaker 2: No? And that's the final tragic irony here. During that
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  Speaker 2: last violent struggle, Rehab must have managed to grab the phone,
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  Speaker 2: the one he'd bought for her, take out the SIM
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  Speaker 2: and quickly hide it in her pocket, maybe a desperate
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  Speaker 2: attempt to preserve something, some connection, or maybe just instinct
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  Speaker 2: and munear.
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  Speaker 1: In his rush to dispose of the body and cover
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  Speaker 1: his tracks.
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  Speaker 2: He never noticed it, never checked her pockets, focused only
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  Speaker 2: on the disposal, on making her disappear. He built his
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  Speaker 2: cover story around her reputation never realizing the key piece
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  Speaker 2: of evidence linking it all back to him was literally
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  Speaker 2: traveling with the remains. Incredible oversight, driven by panic, perhaps,
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  Speaker 2: but fatal.
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  Speaker 1: And in his confession did he show any remorse.
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  Speaker 2: None, He admitted relying on her history to make the
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  Speaker 2: disappearance believable, and he apparently stated he'd do the same
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  Speaker 2: thing again or worse if she'd somehow survived the betrayal,
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  Speaker 2: The wounded honor, it consumed everything.
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  Speaker 1: So the trial, the sentence, tried.
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  Speaker 2: And sentenced to death, his obsession, his refusal to see
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  Speaker 2: the truth. It didn't just end her life, it ended
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  Speaker 2: his own, and devastated his original family, all traded for
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  Speaker 2: a delusion. Decades of stability, his standing, his honor gone.
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  Speaker 1: It's just such a brutal story. It shows how deep
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  Speaker 1: that refusal to accept reality can go, that devotion, that ish,
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  Speaker 1: it demanded blindness, and that blindness led directly to this calculated,
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  Speaker 1: savage act of revenge.
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  Speaker 2: He didn't just sacrifice his life for a false love.
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  Speaker 2: He sacrificed it for the need to keep believing the lie,
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  Speaker 2: even when it was staring him in the face.
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  Speaker 1: The way those elements combined, the financial trap he walked
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  Speaker 1: into the weight of his cultural background and honor, and
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  Speaker 1: then that tiny crucial piece of forensic evidence, the sim card.
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  Speaker 1: They all just converged perfectly to bring about this end.
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  Speaker 2: It's a terrible paradox, isn't it. He chose the comfort,
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  Speaker 2: maybe of that destructive fantasy, over the agonizing pain of
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  Speaker 2: facing the truth, and when his money and his identity
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  Speaker 2: were both used against him, violence felt like the only
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  Speaker 2: weight out. So maybe the thought to leave you with
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  Speaker 2: is this, how much are you willing to overlook? How
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  Speaker 2: much of your own reality, your own future? Might you
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  Speaker 2: be willing to sign away just to keep believing in
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  Speaker 2: something or someone that you desperately want to be true,
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  Speaker 2: even when all the evidence points the other way.