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More Egyptian men marrying older foreign women
Image via Wikipedia An increasing number of Egyptian young men are marrying foreign women who are older than them by 20 to 30 years in order to escape poverty and to search for better life elsewhere, according to a new study recently published. Such type of marriage is found mainly in tourist destinations of Upper Egypt... »
Egypt top court overturns Coptic remarriage ruling
Egypt’s highest judiciary body on Wednesday overturned a ruling ordering the Coptic church to allow its faithful to remarry, the official MENA news agency said, in a move welcomed by the church. The Supreme Constitutional Court overturned a May decision by the High Administrative Court that obliged the head of the church, Pope Shenuda III,... »
Outcry in Egypt over ‘marriage tourism’
Tourism is viewed in Egypt as a positive force, providing jobs and cultural interaction and driving the country’s economy. But a sinister side to the industry has come to the fore again following the launch of a campaign against “marriage tourism”, where a visiting Arab man pays to wed a young Egyptian girl, usually... »
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’s Spinsters Fight Against Society Stereotypes
It is a challenge to be unmarried in Egypt and even more so if the woman is “growing old” according to Egyptian customs. This means any unmarried woman past her mid-twenties is seen negatively through society’s lens, leaving many questions to be answered. However, a group of Egyptian female activists are speaking out against... »
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... »
First day on the job for Egyptian first and only female marriage registrar
Amal Suleiman Afifi , Egypt’s first female marriage registrar performed her first wedding ceremony at a mosque in the Delta town of Zaqaziq, north of Cairo, over complaints by some conservative clerics. Many conservative clerics believe Islamic law, or Sharia, prohibits a woman from becoming a registrar because it states the testimony of two women... »
