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Marriage in Ancient Egypt
I’ve always been curious about the lack of records regarding how ancient Egyptians celebrated weddings. In fact, scholars believe that families didn’t even perform a ceremony, which strikes me as odd. I don’t know what sources the two reporters from examiner.com used in their articles, excerpted below. DC Relationship Psychology Examiner Erin Wilson: The Egyptians considered... »
Egypt film in Christian divorce row
A film recently opened in Cairo has revived a controversy about the depiction of Copts in Egyptian drama. One-Nil tells the story of a Christian woman who is granted a divorce but cannot remarry because of the strict rules of the Egyptian Coptic Church. The heroine (played by Elham Shahin) rejects a solution proposed by... »
