A tribal sheikh in Najran has moved to address the high costs of marriage in his region by putting a cap on dowries between members of his tribes. Shaikh Hamad Bin Meneef, leader of the Yam tribe, has set a “dowry cap” of SR50,000 on unmarried and previously married women, forbidding the payment of any sum in excess of that as well as any extra payment to the guardians of brides-to
