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Arranged marriage in Egypt - YouTube - 0 views

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  • ajonesn on 13 Apr 15
     
    This is an insightful video that shows directly into the lives of women in Egypt who have been victims of arranged marriage in their families. One is much more of a positive outlook on arranged marriage, while the other shows exactly what a woman can go through in a bad marriage.
aromo0

Match Made in Cairo « The Majalla Magazine - 0 views

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women egypt marriage arranged

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  • aromo0 on 05 Mar 16
     
    Women in Egypt experience arranged marriages because there is a stigma around unmarried women. The older a women is the worse the stigma.
  • aromo0 on 05 Mar 16
     
    Women in Egypt experience arranged marriages because there is a stigma around unmarried women. The older a women is the worse the stigma.
sambofoster

How Arranged Marriage Works in Saudi Arabia - 0 views

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Women Marriage Saudi Arabia

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  • sambofoster on 23 Mar 16
     
    Many marriages in Saudi Arabia continue to be arranged marriages. However that is not to say that the bride or groom do not get a choice in the matter. They do. But if a bride and groom are brought together through family it is rare for either to reject the match.
ajonesn

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  • ajonesn on 13 Apr 15
     
    This is a nice video that shows the journey of a young female in Egypt. She escaped her own personal hell of what would have been arranged marriage after years of abuse.
diamond03

BBC News - Egypt: Deadly risks, but female genital mutilation persists - 0 views

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news egypt risks female genital revolution

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  • youngster was frighten
  • female genital mutilation (FGM). She did not survive it
  • small farming communit
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  • r lived and died
  • bedrock of faith and tradition
  • Both play a role in perpetuating FGM
  • It has been outlawed since 2008
  • religious duty
  • highest prevalence rates in the world.
  • Over 90%
  • under 50 have experienced it, according to government figures.
  • removal of all or part of the external genitalia
  • promoting chastity.
  • still widely practised in Egyp
  • girls aged between nine and 13
  • young as six,
  • unconfirmed reports of newborns being subjected to it.
  • "It is God's will
  • asked if it was right to subject Suhair to FGM
  • "Yes of course,
  • People here are used to i
  • circumcision, girls are full of lust
  • Hidden death toll
  • "We were four sisters, and we were circumcised in one day
  • Afterwards they gave us food and drinks."
  • Gypsies used to carry out the circumcisions, she told us, placing dust and salt on the wounds
  • 70% of FGM procedures in Egypt.
  • "It's perceived as being safer, but no-one learns how to do this at medical school. We should definitely assume more girls are dying as Suhair did,
  • his is a form of violence against children”
  • private clinic in his home.
  • dozen procedures carried out there every day.
  • enied performing FGM on Suhair and said he had only treated her for genital warts.
  • Dr Halawa on trial, together with Suhair's father, who brought her to his clinic
  • FGM is hard to quash
  • "The case has started a debate among the liberal-minded," said Mohamed Ismail, who works for a local women's rights organisation.
  • A thousand or so girls were circumcised after she died."
  • plans to have the curly-haired infant circumcised, by a doctor, when she reaches her teens
  • "In the past there was ignorance,
  • brought barbers to their homes to circumcise girls.
  • we are more modern
  • Campaigners warn that it will take more than one prosecution to spare other girls. More on This Story
  • they just turn up at the doctor's office with their daughters.
  • This is a form of violence against children,"
  • "It's an irreversible act. There are mental and physical scars that stay with the girl for a lifetime."
  • only one opponent of FGM in Suhair's village
  • "It's a very bad thing for girls," said Amira. "There's no need for it. It's wrong because it's dangerous."
  • he problem is the mentality of the farmers."
  • still easy to arrange.
  • Egypt: Deadly risks, but female genital mutilation persists
  • diamond03 on 27 Oct 14
     
    The article mentions an ogling trial about FGM. A young girl Suhair died during the procedure. Outlawed in 2008, FGM continues to happen.
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