Saudi Billionaire Forces His 4 Wives Into Deadly Survival Game – Winner Keeps Everything
Before his death from cancer, a 68-year-old Saudi [music] billionaire forced his four wives to spend 30 days on a deserted island in survival conditions where the winner would receive his entire inheritance of 3.2 [music] billion dollars, while the other three women died of starvation, murder, and accidents under the watchful eye of hidden cameras.
Saler Iban Muhammad [music] Al-Katani built his fortune in the prochemical industry over 40 years of work. He started with a small oil refinery in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia in the late 1970s. By 2025, his corporation owned three large factories, shares in two oil fields, and a logistics network throughout the Persian Gulf.
His personal fortune was estimated at 3.2 billion. Saler had four wives in accordance with Islamic law. Fatima was his first wife whom he married at the age of 23. She was 17 at the time. The marriage was arranged by their families as is customary in conservative Saudi circles. Fatima bore him five children, four sons and one daughter.
The eldest son is now 32 and the youngest daughter is 24. His second wife, Leila, joined the family when Salah was 38. She was 12 years younger than Fatima. She gave birth to three children, two sons, [music] and a daughter. Salah married her after his business began to grow rapidly, and he had enough money to support several households.
Fatima perceived the arrival of a second wife as a betrayal, but she had no right to object. According to the law, a husband could take up to four wives if he provided for them all equally. The third wife, Amamira, was 6 years younger than the second. Sal married her at the age of 51. By that time, he was very wealthy, owned villas in different cities, and often traveled abroad on business.
Amamira gave birth to two children, both now under the age of 10. She was educated, graduated from university, and worked as a teacher before her marriage. Salai forbaded her to work after the wedding. His fourth wife, Zenob, was Moroccan. Salish met her during a business trip to Casablanca 5 years ago. She was 24 years old and worked at the hotel where he was staying.
Sali was captivated by her youth and beauty. He proposed marriage a month after they met. He brought her to Saudi Arabia. Zenob did not bear children which caused Sali’s dissatisfaction and contempt from his other wives. All four women lived separately. Each had her own villa with servants and security. Salah visited them in turn, spending several days in each house.
Formally, he provided for all of them equally, money for household expenses, clothing, and personal expenses. But informally, there was a strict hierarchy among the wives. Fatima considered herself the leader as the first wife and mother of most of the children. Leila was dissatisfied with her second position. Amamira felt like a third rate wife.
Zenob was considered an outsider by everyone else. Salah was a cruel man. He beat his wives for the slightest misdemeanors. He could hit Fatima for undersulting the soup. He pushed Ila so hard that she broke her arm when she tried to argue with him. He beat Amamira with a leather belt for talking to the gardener without permission.
He humiliated Zanob in public in front of guests, calling her barren and useless. The women endured. Leaving him meant losing everything, their children, their money, their status. Divorce was shameful in their society, and Salv would never grant a divorce willingly. They all waited for him to die. No one said it out loud, but every one of them thought it.
Salah knew it. He saw the hatred in their eyes when he thought they weren’t looking. He heard Fatima praying for his death when she thought he was asleep. He found Ila’s correspondence with her friend, where she wrote that she couldn’t [music] stand another year with this monster.
He understood that Amamira looked at him with disgust. He noticed the relief in Zenob’s eyes when he left. In early 2024, Salah felt weakness and pain in [music] his right side. He went to the doctors. The diagnosis was stage 4 liver cancer, metastasis in the lymph nodes and bones. The prognosis was 6 months to live, a year at most. The doctors suggested chemotherapy, but the chances of remission were close to [music] zero. Sal refused treatment.
He decided to face death like a man without trying to cling to life. He didn’t tell anyone about the diagnosis. [music] He continued to live his normal life. He visited his wife’s homes, spent time with his children, and ran his business. The pain grew worse with each passing month, but he endured it, secretly taking painkillers.
By the summer of 2025, he could no longer hide his illness. He had lost 20 kg, his skin had turned yellow, and he was constantly weak. His wives [music] noticed the changes but didn’t ask any questions. Secretly, each of them hoped that he was [music] seriously ill. The children also saw that their father was changing but Sal dismissed their questions.
He said that he was just tired from work and needed a rest. In July, he called his lawyer. He said he wanted to revise his will. The lawyer came to the villa with the documents. Salai explained that he wanted to create an unusual will. He didn’t want to simply divide his property [music] equally between his wives and children as prescribed by Sharia law.
He wanted something different. The lawyer listened attentively and took notes, but when Saler finished, he said that such a will could be challenged [music] in court. Salai replied that he would make sure that everything was legally [music] flawless. He asked for a document to be drawn up, taking into account all the necessary formalities.
The will was ready in 2 weeks. Sal signed it in the presence of three witnesses as required by law. He recorded a video message explaining his wishes. He gave the lawyer a sealed envelope with instructions to be followed after his death. The lawyer was not allowed to open the envelope until that moment.
In early September, Saler’s condition deteriorated sharply. He could no longer walk and spent his days in bed. He called all his children and said goodbye to each of them. He gave his eldest sons his final instructions on how to run the business. He told his daughters to be obedient wives. [music] He did not meet with his wives. He refused to see them.
On September 15th, 2025, Salah Ibn Muhammad al-Katani died in his bed at the age of 68. His body was washed and buried the [music] same day according to Islamic customs. Hundreds of people attended the funeral. Relatives, business partners, friends. The four wives stood apart, dressed in black abayas, [music] their faces covered. None of them cried.
2 days after the funeral, the lawyer invited the four wives to his office in Riad to read the will. The women arrived with hope. Each expected to receive her share of the inheritance and finally be free. In the office conference room, they were seated in a row. The lawyer turned on the projector.
Salah’s face appeared on the screen. The video had been recorded a [music] week before his death. Salai looked exhausted, but he spoke clearly. He began by saying that he knew his wives hated him. He said he had always understood this. He had seen how they were waiting for him to die. Now they had got what they wanted.
He was dead. But they would not get the money as they had expected. Saler explained that his entire fortune would be transferred to only one of his four wives. The one who proves that she deserves it more than [music] the others. The rest will get nothing. He will now explain how the winner will be determined. A map of a small island appeared on [music] the screen.
Salai explained that this was his private island in the Red Sea which he had bought 10 [music] years ago. It covered an area of 8 square kilm. The island was uninhabited, covered with rocks and sparse [music] vegetation. There was a source of fresh water. There were no buildings and no connection to the mainland. The four wives would be taken to this island.
Each will be dropped off at different points. Each will receive a minimum survival kit. They will spend 30 days there. The goal is simple, survive. After 30 days, a helicopter will come for them. The one who is alive and able to board the helicopter will receive the entire inheritance. 3 bill200 million. All the villas, yachts, corporation shares, everything.
If anyone refuses to participate, all the property will go to a charitable foundation that Sal created specifically [music] for this purpose. None of the wives and children will receive a scent. The lawyer read out the relevant clause of the will certified by a notary and a religious judge. Sali smiled on the screen. He said it was his last gift to his wives, a chance to prove their strength.
All their lives they had been weak, enduring his will. Now let them show what they were capable of. Let them fight for what they considered theirs. The video ended. The conference room was silent. Fatima was the first to speak. She said it was madness, that the will was illegal, that her sons would challenge it in court.
The lawyer calmly replied that the will had been drawn up in accordance with all the rules of Sharia and civil law. Saler had the right to dispose of [music] his property as he saw fit. Participation in the test was voluntary, but refusal [music] meant losing the inheritance. Ila asked what exactly they were supposed to do on the island.
Just sit and wait for 30 days. The lawyer replied that the rules were simple. Survive by any means necessary. There were no restrictions except those imposed by nature. There was enough food for 3 days. After that, everyone had to fend [music] for themselves. Amamira asked what would happen if someone was injured or fell ill.
The lawyer said that medical evacuation was only possible in the event of an immediate threat to life. In such a case, the evacuated person would automatically be removed from the trial. Surveillance cameras will be installed on the island to broadcast what is happening in real time. A team of doctors on the mainland will monitor the women’s condition.
If a critical situation arises, they will decide on evacuation. Zob asked who would be watching the recordings. The lawyer replied that Salai had left a list of [music] 50 people. These were his close friends, business partners, people he trusted. They would have access to the closed broadcast as a final gift from Saler, a kind of private show for the select few.
The women exchanged glances. Each of them understood that there was no choice. Refusing meant being left with nothing. Without Salah’s money, they were nobodies. Fatima was too old to start life over. Leila was accustomed to luxury and could not imagine life without it. Amamira thought about her children who needed an education and a future.
Zanab was young, but she had no profession and no connections in a foreign country. The lawyer took out four copies of a document consent to participate in the experiment. The document stated that each woman voluntarily accepted the terms of the will, understood the risks, and waved any claims to the estate in case of failure.
The document had to be signed in the presence of witnesses. Fatima was the first to pick up the pen. She signed quickly without reading the text. Ila and Amira followed her. Zob hesitated the longest. She looked at the text, then at the lawyer, then at the other women. Finally, she signed too. The lawyer said that the flight to the island would take place in 3 days.
The women needed to prepare, take a minimum of personal belongings, warm clothes for the nights, comfortable shoes, no phones, no means of communication. Everything they needed for the first few days would be provided on site. On September 18th at 6:00 in the morning, black SUVs pulled up to each villa. The drivers silently loaded the women’s small bags into the trunks.
Fatima left the house wearing a long black abaya and hijab. Her two older sons accompanied her. They asked their mother not to go, saying they would contest the will and find another way. Fatima shook her head. She said this was her last chance to get what she deserved after 30 years of humiliation.
Ila was accompanied only by her eldest daughter. They hugged silently by the car. Her daughter cried, but Ila remained calm. She said she would be back in a month and everything would be fine, that they would finally be free and rich. Amamira said goodbye to her two young sons. The children did not understand where their mother was going and why she was leaving for so long.
She told them she was going on a trip and would be back soon with gifts. Zab left alone. No one came to see her off. She considered her sisters-in-law to be enemies. She had no children and no relatives in the country either. Cars took the women to a private airport on the outskirts of Riad. A helicopter was waiting for them there.
The pilot checked their documents and helped them board. There were four seats inside. The women sat down silently, not looking at each other. The helicopter took off and headed west toward the Red Sea coast. The flight lasted 2 hours. Below, the desert floated by, then mountains, then blue water.
The island appeared on the horizon around 8:00 in the morning. A small piece of land covered with gray rocks and sparse shrubs. No beaches, only rocky shores. The helicopter began to descend. Fatima was the first to be dropped off at the northern tip of the island. The pilot pointed to a flat area between the rocks.
The helicopter hovered a meter above the ground. The co-pilot handed Fatima her backpack and helped her down. As soon as she touched the ground, the helicopter took off and flew away. Fatima was left alone. She looked around. There were only rocks, thorny bushes, and the endless sea. She opened her backpack. Inside were 3 L bottles of water, six cans of food, a pack of crackers, a box of matches, a folding knife, a 10 m length of rope, and a simple 3×3 m canvas tarp. That was all.
It should be enough for the first few days. After that, she would have to find food and water on her own. Next, they dropped Ila off on the west coast. Her backpack had the same contents. The helicopter flew away, leaving her on a narrow strip of land between the sea and a sheer cliff. Ila looked at the cliff. It was 20 m high.
Birds were crying from above. She picked up her backpack and began to look for a way up. A mir was dropped off on the east side. The place was more gentle with sparse vegetation. She saw a small grove of low trees in the distance. She decided to go there to find some shade. Zenob was dropped off last at the southern tip.
It was the rockiest and most deserted place. She sat down on the ground and cried as soon as the helicopter disappeared from view. During the first day, the women settled in. Fatima found a natural cave in the cliff. It was small but protected from the wind and sun. She stretched a tarp over the entrance, creating additional shade.
She drank half a bottle of water and ate a can of food. She began to make plans. She needed to find the water source that Salet had mentioned. Without water, they would not survive 30 days. Leila climbed to the top of the cliff. From there, she could see the whole island. She saw the central part where trees grew.
That meant there was water there. She decided to go there in the morning. For now, she set up camp at the top, stretching the awning between the rocks. She ate some crackers and drank some water. She lay down to sleep on the bare rocks wrapped in the awning. Amir reached the grove. It was cooler there. The ground was damp.
She poked it with a stick and found moisture half a meter deep. That meant water was close. She began digging with her hands, deepening the hole. An hour later, she came across wet sand. The water wasn’t gushing, but it was seeping [music] slowly. That was enough. She stretched the tarp over the hole so the water wouldn’t evaporate.
She ate a can of food and lay down to rest. Zanab spent [music] the entire first day in a panic. She had never been alone in such conditions. She grew up in [music] the city surrounded by people her whole life. She lived in a luxurious villa with servants for 5 years in Saudi Arabia. She didn’t know how to cook or how to get food.
She cried until evening. Then she drank the whole bottle of water at once and ate [music] two cans of food. She fell asleep on the ground without even putting up the tarp. On the second day, they began to move. Fatima went in search of water. She walked along the shore to the south, carefully examining the area. After 3 hours, she found the bed of a dry stream. She walked up the slope.
The stream led to a small depression in the rock where rainwater had collected. There wasn’t much water, but it was clean. Fatima filled two empty [music] bottles and returned to the cave. Ila climbed down from the rock and headed towards the [music] center of the island. On the way, she found edible plants that she had seen in her childhood village.
She picked a few and chewed them. They were bitter, but not poisonous. She reached the grove where Amira was. She saw footprints, freshly dug earth, and a stretched [music] tent. She realized that one of the other women had already found water. She did not approach closely. She went on looking for her own source.
Amir heard footsteps and froze. She peakedked out from behind a tree and saw Ila 200 m away. Ila also noticed her. The women looked at each other for a few seconds. Then Ila turned and walked on. Both understood that direct conflict was not necessary [music] yet, each on her own. The meeting would take place later. Zanab woke up on the third day with a headache from dehydration.
The water had run out yesterday. There was only enough food left for one day. She forced herself to get up and start moving. She walked along the shore to the north, not knowing where she was going. 2 hours later, she came to the place where Fatima had been dropped off. She saw a cave and a tent, but Fatima herself was not there.
Zenob came closer. In the cave lay a backpack with leftover food and a bottle of water. She grabbed the bottle and drank half of it in one gulp. She took a can of food and hid it in her pocket. She heard footsteps and turned around. Fatima was standing 10 m away, holding a fist-sized rock in her hand.
Her face was calm, but her eyes were hard. She asked what Zob was doing [music] in her camp. Zob backed away and mumbled that she was just looking for water. She didn’t want to take anything. Fatima stepped forward. She said that Zanab had always been a thief. She stole the place of the fourth wife, even though she was unworthy of it.
She stole Salai’s money for her own whims. Now she was stealing her food. Zinab tried to explain, but Fatima threw a stone. It hit her shoulder. Zab cried out in pain, turned around, and ran [music] away. Fatima did not pursue her. She returned to the cave and checked the supplies. One can of food was missing.
Half of the water had been drunk. Bad. She had to be more careful. The other women were already looking for resources and would start attacking. It was time to prepare for [music] defense. By the end of the first week, everyone’s food supplies were gone. The real stage of survival had begun. Fatima used her childhood experience in a Bedawin family.
She remembered how her grandfather taught her to find edible roots in the desert. She dug the ground near dry plants, found thick roots, and boiled them in a tin can over a fire. She caught lizards basking on rocks. She killed them with a stone and roasted them over the fire. The taste was disgusting, but it was food.
Ila found a colony of crabs in the coastal rocks. She hunted them at night when they crawled out. She caught them with her hands, broke their shells with stones, and [music] ate the raw meat. It made her nauseous, but her body accepted the food. She found shellfish stuck to underwater rocks.
She collected seaweed and dried it in the sun. She made a kind of soup by boiling everything in a can. Amira made a spear out of a long branch and a sharpened stone tied with a rope. She stood for hours in shallow water, tracking fish. She caught her first one only on the fourth day of trying. It was a small fish, about 50 g.
She ate it whole, bones and guts included. Gradually, she learned to aim more accurately. Sometimes she brought [music] back two or three fish a day. That was better than the others. Zob didn’t know how to do anything. She tried to eat any plants she could find and got poisoned on the third day after her supplies ran out.
She vomited for a day. She lost a lot of fluid. She became weak. She found a bird’s nest on the ground, broke the eggs, and drank the contents. It was enough for a day. Then she was hungry again. She began to lose weight quickly. Her body was burning from the inside. On the eighth day, Zinab decided that she would not survive alone. She needed an alliance.
She went to look for Amira because she seemed to be the youngest and most agreeable. She found her by the water with a spear. She approached her with her hands up, showing that she was unarmed. Amamira was wary, but she didn’t run away. Zab suggested they join forces. She said that together they would be stronger. They could share resources and help each other.
And when 30 days had passed, they would divide the inheritance in half, 600 million each. It was fair. Both would survive. Both would be rich. Amamira listened silently. Then she asked how Zyob imagined the division. The will was clear. The winner gets everything. The inheritance cannot be divided if both are still alive. Zob insisted that they would find a way.
They would write an agreement after they returned. They would force the lawyers to comply. They would have power and money. Amira thought about it. The proposal was reasonable. It was hard to survive alone. It was easier together. There was more food and better protection. They would see what happened. She agreed. They joined forces.
Amira showed Zob where to find water and taught her how to fish with a spear. Zab gathered plants and seaweed. They shared everything equally. They didn’t talk much and didn’t trust each other, but the partnership worked. After 3 days, Zenob regained her strength. She no longer looked like she was dying.
Amira also felt better with company. Fatima and Ila acted alone. Fatima reinforced her cave by stacking [music] stones in front of the entrance. She created a makeshift wall. She hunted lizards [music] and fed on roots. She lost weight slowly, but her experience helped. Ila moved the camp to a hilltop from where she could see the whole island.
She watched the movements of the others. She saw Zab and Amira walking together. She realized that they had formed an alliance. This changed the situation. Two against one was worse than each on her own. On the 16th day, the first serious incident occurred. Zab and Amamira decided to find a seabird nest. They saw birds flying over the cliffs in the northwest.
That meant there were nests with eggs there. They set off early in the morning. They found a colony on a sheer cliff above the sea. The nests were on ledges 20 m above the water. Amir said she could climb up. The rock was uneven with many protrusions. Zob stayed below to blay her. Amir began her ascent. She climbed slowly, checking each foothold.
After 10 minutes, she [music] reached the first nest. There were three eggs inside. She put them in a makeshift bag made from a t-shirt tied to her belt. She climbed to the next nest higher up. Zab watched from below. Birds circled overhead, crying anxiously. Amamira reached the second nest and took two more eggs. She began to descend.
At a height of 15 m, her foot slipped off the wet rock. Amamira lost her balance, tried to grab hold, but didn’t make it in time. She fell backwards. The impact with the rocks was dull. Amira lay motionless. Zab ran up and knelt down beside her. Amir was breathing but couldn’t move. Her eyes were open, staring at the sky.
She whispered that she couldn’t feel her legs. Her back hurt so much that she wanted to scream. She asked Zanob to call for evacuation. There are cameras on the island. The medics can see her. Let them send a helicopter. Zanab looked at her silently for 30 [music] seconds. Amamira asked for help again. Zanab slowly got up.
She looked at the eggs in Amamira’s bag. She bent down, untied her t-shirt, and [music] took out five eggs. She put them in her pocket. Then she took Aamira’s knife out of its sheath on her belt. She took the bottle of water that was lying nearby. Amamira understood. She screamed, begged her not to [music] leave. Zenob turned and walked away.
Amamira’s screams could be heard for a long time, then faded away. Zanab walked quickly without looking back. All she could think about was that now she had food for several days and one less competitor. Amir lay on the rocks for 4 hours. The pain was unbearable. She tried to scream, to call for help, but her voice quickly weakened.
By evening, she began to experience internal shock from her injuries. Her body temperature dropped. Her breathing became shallow. Cameras on the island recorded her condition. Doctors on the mainland saw the critical indicators, but they did not send a helicopter. The rules were clear. Evacuation only in the event of a direct threat to life.
Amamira was still breathing, so the threat was not immediate. By nightfall, the internal bleeding had intensified. Amir lost consciousness. Her breathing stopped around midnight on the 16th day. Her body remained lying on the rocks. Birds began to circle lower, but did not dare to descend. The next morning, doctors reported her death, but they did not take the body.
It had to remain on the island. Those were the conditions. Zanab returned to camp with five eggs and Amira’s extra supplies. She ate two eggs right away and hid the rest. She knew that Fatima and Ila had not seen what had happened. The cameras had seen it, but the women on the island did not know about it.
Zanob decided to keep Amira’s death a secret. let the others think there were still four of them. On the 17th day, Ila descended from the hill to the water source in the grove. She hadn’t seen Amira for several days, which was strange. She usually came to the water every morning. Ila looked around Amira’s camp.
The tent was still there, but almost nothing was left. The water hole was untouched. Strange. Ila walked along the coast looking for traces. An hour later, she stumbled upon a body. Amira was lying on her back between the rocks, her arms spread out to the sides. Her eyes were open, staring at the sky. The body had already begun to decompose in the heat.
The smell was strong. Ila came closer and examined it. A broken spine was evident from the unnatural position of the body. She had fallen from a cliff, an accident, or someone had pushed her. Leila looked up. Birds nests were visible on the ledges. So Amamira had climbed up to get the eggs and fallen. But where was Zinob? They had been working together for the last few days.
Leila returned to Amamira’s camp and carefully examined the tracks. Two sets of footprints led to the rocks. One set led back. So Zab had been there, [music] had seen the fall, and had left, abandoning her partner. Now there were three of them left. 13 [music] days to go. Ila realized that the time for alliances was over.
The final phase was beginning. Someone had to die so that the others could survive. She returned to her camp and began to prepare. Fatima learned of Amamira’s death the next day when she passed by [music] the body. She stopped for a moment, looked at it, and said a prayer for the deceased. Then she moved on. Death was inevitable in these conditions.
Fatima knew this from day one. Salai had created a game where only one would survive. Prayers would not help. Only strength mattered. Zanab kept her distance from the others. She hid the leftover eggs and conserved water. Her weight continued to [music] drop, but she was alive. That was the main thing. 12 more days. She had to hold on.
She had to avoid Fatima and Ila. They were stronger [music] and more experienced. She had no chance in a direct confrontation. On the 20th day, the second death occurred. Leila decided it was time to act. [music] Passive waiting was no longer working. There was almost no food left, and their strength was fading.
Fatima was the oldest, but she was holding up well. Zab was young but weak after being poisoned. She was a logical target. Ila tracked Zanab down at the water source. She waited in the bushes until evening. When Zinab came to fetch water, Ila came out of hiding. Zab turned around, saw her, and backed away.
Ila walked slowly without rushing. She said she knew about Amira. She knew that Zob had left her to die. Now it was Zob’s turn to pay. Zob tried to run away, but Ila was faster. She caught up with her, grabbed her by the hair, and threw her to the ground. Zob screamed, scratched, and tried to break free.
Ila was 15 years older, but a month of survival had made her tough. Her hands wrapped around Zob’s neck and squeezed. Zob gasped, tried to push her away, kicked her legs. The forces were unequal. Ila strangled her until she lost consciousness. When Zinab’s body went limp, she dragged her to the spring.
She lowered her face into the water and held it there. She counted in her mind. 60 seconds. 120 [music] 180. The body twitched several times, then fell completely still. Ila held on for another minute to be sure. Then she let go and stepped back. Zab lay face down in the water, her arms outstretched, dead. Ila returned to the camp.
Her hands were shaking. She had killed a person, strangled her with her bare hands. The feeling was strange. Not pity, not horror, just emptiness. And the realization that only Fatima was left. 10 days to go. One of them would die. the other would get everything. Fatima found Zab’s body on the morning of the 21st day.
She pulled it out of the water and laid it on the shore. The marks on her neck were clear. Strangulation. Leila. So, the open hunt had begun. Fatima returned to the cave and reinforced the entrance with stones. She took the largest stone she could lift. She sharpened the edge of a piece of silicon, creating something resembling a knife. Now all she had to do was wait.
For the next 8 days, the women avoided each other. Leila remained on the hill, watching the island. Fatima sat in the cave, leaving only to get water and food. Both were starving. There were fewer lizards. They had gone into hiding. The fish had gone deeper. The plants had [music] been eaten. Their bodies were burning from within, consuming their last reserves.
On the 28th day, Leila realized that it was time to end it. Two more days and the helicopter would arrive. If both of them were alive, what would happen? The will did not provide for such a scenario. She had to act now. She went downstairs at night. She knew where Fatima’s cave was. She approached quietly and listened.
She could hear breathing inside. Fatima was asleep. Ila began to move the stones at the entrance. Fatima woke up to the sound. She jumped out with a stone [music] in her hand. She saw Ila in the dark. A fight began. Both were exhausted, but adrenaline gave them strength. Fatima swung the stone. Ila dodged. She hit Fatima [music] in the stomach and she doubled over.
Ila tried to knock her down, but Fatima hit her in the face with her elbow. Ila fell, blood gushing from her broken lip. Fatima threw herself on top of her and pinned her to the ground. Ila was 9 years younger. She was stronger. She rolled Fatima over and ended up on top. Her hands groped for her neck. Fatima grabbed her hair, pulled it, and scratched her face.
Ila squeezed her throat with all her might. Fatima gasped, choking. Her blows weakened. Her eyes rolled back. When Fatima fell silent, Ila did not let go immediately. She held on for a long time. She remembered that Zinab had twitched after losing consciousness. She had to make sure. She sat on Fatima’s chest, choking her until her hands went numb. Then she got up.
Fatima lay motionless dead. Ila went to the water and washed her face. Blood dripped into the spring. She returned to her camp. She lay down on the ground. She did not sleep until morning. She thought about what she had done. Three women were dead. She had killed two with her own hands. She was the only one left.
In 2 days, [music] the helicopter would arrive. She had won. The 29th day passed in anticipation. Ila hardly moved. Her strength was running out. She drank water, nothing else. She hadn’t eaten in 3 days. The 30th day began at dawn. Ila got up and went down to the shore. She sat on the rocks and looked at the horizon.
At 10:00 in the morning, a dot appeared in the sky. A helicopter. It was approaching quickly. It hovered over the shore and began to descend. Ila got up and walked to the landing pad. Her legs were buckling. The helicopter landed. The door opened. The co-pilot jumped out and held out his hand. Ila took it and they lifted her on board.
The helicopter took off. Ila looked down at the island. Three bodies were lying somewhere down there. Amira was by the rock. Zanob was by the spring. Fatima was by the cave. They were all dead. She was alive. That meant she had won. The helicopter took Ila to a private clinic in Jedha. The doctors conducted a full examination.
She had lost 18 kg in 30 days, dehydration, exhaustion, multiple abrasions, and bruises. Tests showed critically low levels of protein and electrolytes. She was placed in a private room, hooked up to IVs, and started on restorative therapy. The foundation’s lawyer visited her on the third day.
He brought documents for her to sign. Leila was officially recognized as the sole surviving participant in the experiment. According to Salai’s will, the entire inheritance passed to her. $3 bill200 million in assets, eight villas, two yachts, a controlling stake in a petrochemical corporation, an investment portfolio, everything. But there was a condition that Leila had not known about until [music] that moment.
The lawyer explained that Salai had recorded an additional part of the will. The winner must watch the entire 30-day recording on the island in the presence of 50 witnesses [music] chosen by Salai. This is a mandatory condition for receiving the inheritance. Refusal means that all property will be transferred to a charitable foundation.
Leila asked why this was necessary. The lawyer replied that it was Saler’s will. He wanted [music] the winner to see everything that had happened. every death, every murder, every moment recorded by 900 cameras. And he wanted his [music] 50 friends to see it, too. It was part of the punishment he had devised for his wives. The viewing was scheduled for a week after Leila’s return.
She was discharged from the clinic. She was taken to a private cinema in one of the hotels in Jedha. The hall had 50 seats. When Ila entered, all the seats were taken. 50 men in traditional white robes [music] sat silently staring at her. Sales business partners, friends of the family, influential people. Ila was seated in the front row center.
The lawyer explained that the recording was 8 hours long. It was an edited version, including key moments. There would be no breaks. Ila had to watch it from beginning to end. After that, the inheritance would be officially registered in her name. The lights went out. An aerial view of the island appeared on the screen.
Date: September 18th, 6:00 a.m. A helicopter drops off four women. The cameras show their faces. Fatima, Leila, Amira, Zob, all alive and well. They don’t know yet what awaits them. The recording is sped up in places where nothing happens. The main moments are shown. The first days of settling in, the search for water and food, meetings between the women, Zenob and Amamira’s conversation about an alliance, their joint hunting and fishing, Zanab’s attempt to steal food from Fatima.
A fight, a stone thrown by Fatima. Then a scene on the rocks, the 16th day. Amira climbs up to the nests. The camera shows a closeup of her face. Concentration. Caution. Then her foot slips. Fall. The impact with the rocks below is recorded from another angle. The body remains motionless.
The camera switches to Zob below. She runs up. She kneels down beside her. Amira says something, her lips moving. She asks for help. Zob looks at her. 30 seconds of stillness. Then she bends down. Takes the eggs from Amira’s bag. She takes a knife, a bottle of water. She stands up. She leaves. The camera remains on Amira’s face.
Pain, horror, the realization that she has been abandoned. The next 4 hours of agony are shown in fast motion. Amamira tries to scream. Then she falls silent. Her breathing becomes shallow. By evening, it stops. The time of death is recorded. 2332. Ila sat motionless. She stared at the screen.
Rare comments from the men could be heard around her. Someone said that Zob had done the right thing. The weak must die. Someone else condemned her. Others remained silent. The recording continued. Day 20. Leila tracks Zob to the spring. The camera shows it from three angles. Ambush, chase, struggle. Ila’s hands on Zenob’s neck.
pressure, gasping, body twitching, then a face in the water. Three minutes of stillness, death. Ila watched herself on the screen. She saw her [music] face at that moment. Concentration, determination, no regret. She killed methodically, efficiently, like a person who has made a decision and carries it out. The men in the room looked at her with different expressions.
Admiration, disgust, curiosity. The final scene, the 28th night. Leila approaches Fatima’s cave. She moves the rocks. Fatima jumps out. The fight is recorded in infrared light because it [music] was dark. Two silhouettes struggle on the ground, blows, screams, then one silhouette on top, hands on the other’s neck.
Long immobility, death. The recording ended. The lights came on. Ila sat with her back straight, her hands on her knees. Her face was emotionless. 50 men looked at her. The lawyer stood up and announced that the viewing was over. The condition of [music] the will had been fulfilled. The inheritance would be formalized within a week.
Ila was taken to one of the villas that now belonged to her. A huge house overlooking the Red Sea. 20 rooms, a swimming pool, a garden, servants. All of this was now hers. She went inside and went up to the master bedroom. She lay down on the bed. She closed her eyes. She didn’t sleep all night. The children of the three murdered wives filed a class action lawsuit a month later.
They accused Ila of murdering their mothers. They demanded that she be stripped of her inheritance and prosecuted. The trial lasted 3 months. Ila’s lawyers presented a copy of the will and documents confirming the voluntary consent of all participants. They argued that the women were aware of the risks and had signed a [music] waiver.
The court reviewed all the materials. The judge ruled that Leila’s actions were part of an agreed game organized by the late Salet. All participants were of legal age, legally competent, and signed the consent form voluntarily. The deaths of Amamira and Zyob were the result of the conditions of the game. No criminal case was opened. The lawsuit was dismissed.
The children appealed, but the appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court. The influence of Saler’s family and his friends connections played a role. The case was closed for good. Ila officially became the richest woman in the country. The press wrote several articles about the billionaire’s widow who inherited his fortune.
The details of the trial were not published. The family kept the information private, but the recording from the island ended up on the dark web 6 months later. One of the 50 witnesses leaked it. 8 hours of footage spread across closed forums. It became the most viewed content in the real violence category.
Millions of views, comments in different languages. People discussed who was right, who was wrong, who should have survived. International human rights organizations demanded an investigation. The UN sent a request to the Saudi [music] government. The Ministry of Justice replied that the case had been reviewed by a national court.
All participants acted voluntarily. The country’s laws had not been violated. No further action was taken. Leila began to have trouble sleeping. 3 months after her return, she woke up in the middle of the night from nightmares. She saw the faces of Zinab and Fatima, their eyes at the moment of death, their hands around her neck.
She started taking sleeping pills. Then she increased [music] the dose. The sleeping pills stopped helping. She switched to stronger drugs. Her eldest daughter visited her once a week. She saw how her mother was changing, losing weight, neglecting herself. She would sit for hours in one room, staring out the window.
Her daughter suggested psychotherapy. Ila refused. She said everything was fine. She was just tired. A year after her return, Ila took the entire package of sleeping pills at once. She washed them down with whiskey. She lay down on the bed. The maid found her in the morning. An ambulance was called. They pumped her [music] stomach.
She was placed in a psychiatric clinic for 2 weeks. After her discharge, Ila announced that she was donating her entire inheritance to a charitable foundation that helps women who are victims of domestic violence. All 3 billion200 million. She kept only one villa and a monthly allowance for herself.
Her children tried to challenge the decision. They said that their mother was in an inadequate state. The court ordered a psychiatric examination. The experts recognized Ila as legally competent. The decision to transfer the property was approved. The money went to the fund. Ila left Saudi Arabia a month later. She moved to Lebanon.
She settled in a convent in the mountains near Beirut. She converted to Islam but lived in a Christian convent by agreement with the abbus. She spent her days in prayer [music] and working in the garden. She had almost no contact with anyone. Her daughter visited her once every six months. She said that her mother was calm but distant as if she lived in another world.
She did not talk about the past. She did not mention the island. She did not mention the names Amira, Zanab, Fatima. She lived each [music] day as if it were her last. She awaited death as a deliverance. The story became a legend in small circles. It was talked about as the most brutal game of survival in history. Documentaries were made for underground channels.
Articles were written in alternative media, but officially the case remained closed. The Saudi authorities refused to comment. This is the real price of an inheritance obtained through the death of others. The modern world allows rich people to create rules that seem impossible. Technology makes it possible to record every moment.
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