http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7554892.stm --- She says her target is not Egyptian men but a tradition known as "gawwaz el-salonat" (living room marriage), where a stranger is brought to the family home and the daughter must decide whether to marry him on the basis of this brief encounter. "People who go for a picnic need to know each other a little longer than that - let alone make a lifelong commitment."
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Spotlight on Egypt's marriage crisis
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7554892.stm --- She says her target is not Egyptian men but a tradition known as "gawwaz el-salonat" (living room marriage), where a stranger is brought to the family home and the daughter must decide whether to marry him on the basis of this brief encounter. "People who go for a picnic need to know each other a little longer than that - let alone make a lifelong commitment."
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