Figures released by the Saudi General Authority for Statistics have revealed a dramatic rise in the rate of divorce in the Gulf kingdom. The latest statistics show that in 2020, there were 57,595 divorces – amounting to 168 per day or seven per hour. This represented a 12.7 percent increase on the rate of divorce in 2019. Saudi lawyer Dakhil Al-Dakhil told the local Al-Yaum newspaper that there had been only 9,233 divorces in 2010 although in 2011 the number of divorces had gone up to 34,000. Al-Yaum reported that one of the factors behind the alarming rise in divorce since 2010 was the effect…