Coming from the highly respected Sayeda family of Kozhikode has meant that she has attracted some amount of attention. There have been questions. Does she really need to work? She insists that if any member of her family feels ashamed, they had better be since they haven't been particularly helpful after her husband divorced her 17 years ago—she claims her share of ancestral property was denied to her. "I was pregnant when my husband left me. I had to learn to live on my own." Jiffriya has not remarried.