I apologize for the long post, but I have a great deal on my mind. I was married to a Jordanian man for almost 4 years before separating from him. We lived in the US all that time, and we have one son from our marriage. My husband became increasingly more controlling and abusive as our marriage progressed, and the abuse did not abate when my son was born. In fact, he started hitting me in the head while I was playing with or feeding my son. I did not want my child to grow up thinking that was the way a man should treat his wife, so I hired an attorney and filed for custody and separation. I was granted primary custody and he has visits supervised by me; however, from the beginning he has used those visits as a means of trying to get me to come back to him. He keeps saying that we are going to be a happy family and that we will have a beautiful life in Jordan. I have repeatedly told him that I am not moving outside the US, but he insists that I find a job in Jordan and move there. When I told him that I had researched what rights as a mother I'd lose if I moved to Jordan, he becomes angry. I am afraid of him all the time. I am a very well educated woman who knows how to do her research. He was extremely angry when I told him that I knew both he and his father could bar me from leaving Jordan with my son (even if I came for just a visit). He doesn't like it that I am educated and well-spoken. He claims that by going to the courts here that I've destroyed him. He also claimed that his family was all on my side; however, the one time he tried to get his father to talk to me after I went to the courts, I felt more threatened than ever before. I don't want to slip back into that cycle of abuse that I was living with for so long. During our marriage he kept mistresses, would verbally, sexually and physically abuse me, and has not remorse for his actions. I am just wondering if there are any other women out there who have experienced similar things with Jordanian husbands and can give me some advise. Thank you.