Egyptian marriage to Catherine

Submitted by Isis (Australia), Jan 26, 2009 at 02:00

I was sorry to read your story Caherine but this is exactly what happens! Your man would have been under tremendous pressure to marry a virgin muslim girl from a good family. This would have been instigated and arranged by his mother, sisters and aunties. He would have had no say in the matter and no desire to go against his family's wishes. It sounds like your man is from rural Egypt and I'm guessing Luxor or Sharm.

He probably does love you but in the Egyptian culture he is powerless to act on it. If he was the first born son you would have had a better chance.

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