As for animation_guy, he is not alone in his point of view, see the post below from Germany! If there are woman entering marriage knowing all the risks, then when it all goes wrong, some part of the responsibility must fall upon them.
Too often women do not a choice, Mrs Pearce did have that choice!
It doesn't really matter how many people think she was an idiot and "asking for trouble". She may have been blinded by infatuation or she may just be feeble minded.
I have no idea what the reasoning was for her to get married and live in Egypt to a guy who turns out to be an arse ( assuming her side of the story is correct).
She isnt the only western woman to marry an arab and live in their country, and most have normal married lives.
Of course if it all goes tits-up like it did here it's bloody easy for us to say she should have known better but frankly, in life, people make choices that may seem great in the short term without thinking hard enough about all eventualities.