EGYPTIAN women will soon be able to buy a divorce even if their husband objects, under a draft law outlined by the government Al-Ahram newspaper on Thursday. Justice Minister Faruq Seif an-Nasr said that a new law on personal status is being drawn up to simplify legal procedures and it will go before Parliament shortly. “A women will be able to get an immediate divorce in exchange for a sum of money or piece of real estate to be given to her husband, with the value being fixed by a judge,” Faruq said. Under the present system, a man need only repudiate his wife to obtain a divorce but women face lengthy legal proceedings to initiate divorce.