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If this doesn't show how ****ed up islam culture is
Posted on: September 8, 2016 at 15:07:28 CT
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nothing will. To potentially ruin two lives because of a centuries old idiotic, totally unnecessary tradition shows how dysfunctional these people are - because you can apply that inability to think rationally to many things. Which explains their long history of destruction of anything, as opposed to contribution to anything.
Egypt’s Money Woes Hit a Touchstone of Marriage
Engagements are dissolving because prospective grooms can’t afford traditional gift of gold jewelry
CAIRO—He was a doctor. She was a dentist. And they loved each other, to the point of broaching marriage to their parents. But a romantic union between these two medical professionals fell apart over an economic indicator: the price of gold in Egypt.
Mohamed Abdel-Alim, 31, said his hopes of marrying his dentist bride-to-be earlier this year were dashed when her family wouldn’t budge on a customary gift of shiny gold jewelry known as a shabka.
The Egyptian equivalent of a diamond engagement ring, the shabka symbolizes the beginning of the lifelong bond of marriage. But it has become prohibitively expensive in a country struggling with unemployment, stagnant salaries and soaring prices.
Mr. Abdel-Alim said his intended’s parents demanded a shabka worth about $7,885, roughly twice the price of a year ago for the same amount of gold, a result of the sharp depreciation of the Egyptian pound and a foreign currency shortage. “I could only afford half that amount,” he said. “They wouldn’t accept it, and it was such a disappointment.”
The families’ failure to come to terms ended the pair’s relationship, Mr. Abdel-Alim said, a fairly commonplace occurrence in Egypt’s complex marital marketplace. The bride’s family couldn’t be reached to comment.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/egypts-money-woes-hit-a-touchstone-of-marriage-1473290993
Egypt’s Money Woes Hit a Touchstone of Marriage
Engagements are dissolving because prospective grooms can’t afford traditional gift of gold jewelry
CAIRO—He was a doctor. She was a dentist. And they loved each other, to the point of broaching marriage to their parents. But a romantic union between these two medical professionals fell apart over an economic indicator: the price of gold in Egypt.
Mohamed Abdel-Alim, 31, said his hopes of marrying his dentist bride-to-be earlier this year were dashed when her family wouldn’t budge on a customary gift of shiny gold jewelry known as a shabka.
The Egyptian equivalent of a diamond engagement ring, the shabka symbolizes the beginning of the lifelong bond of marriage. But it has become prohibitively expensive in a country struggling with unemployment, stagnant salaries and soaring prices.
Mr. Abdel-Alim said his intended’s parents demanded a shabka worth about $7,885, roughly twice the price of a year ago for the same amount of gold, a result of the sharp depreciation of the Egyptian pound and a foreign currency shortage. “I could only afford half that amount,” he said. “They wouldn’t accept it, and it was such a disappointment.”
The families’ failure to come to terms ended the pair’s relationship, Mr. Abdel-Alim said, a fairly commonplace occurrence in Egypt’s complex marital marketplace. The bride’s family couldn’t be reached to comment.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/egypts-money-woes-hit-a-touchstone-of-marriage-1473290993
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If this doesn't show how ****ed up islam culture is - GA Tiger MU - 9/8 15:07:28