Omar and Gharam are engaged to be married. (Masrawy family photos
Cairo - the lavish wedding of his eldest son, in which a number of famous singers and belly dancers performed, Nasser Hassan decided to hold the "double happiness," he recalled later.
He announced that his son, Omar Gharam marry her cousin.
Wedding held Northbound province of Cairo, about 75 miles guest, did not find it strange. Some of al-Watan newspaper that Egypt had to say "nothing inappropriate", adding that it was only "a compromise, a marriage" was.
12-year-old Omar. His fiancee, Gharam 11.
official marriage registration law of Egypt prohibits anyone under the age of 18, but the practice remains common. According to UNICEF, 17 percent of 18-year-old girls in Egypt, the union took place in rural areas, the vast majority are married before.
Omar and Gharam are engaged to be married. (Photo Masrawy family)
But Omar and Gharam cases provoked outrage instinct, especially among children and defenders of women's rights. Young couple pictures - Omar in a blue suit, a white dress largely made up Gharam high heels, and wears a crown - splashed across newspapers and anger spread across the country.
The Reda Eldanbouki, guidance and legal awareness of women took to the head, childhood and motherhood, a government agency, the National Center to report the incident. She filed a complaint with the Public Ministry to investigate the incident, and the father of the responsibility for this "crime," he said in a statement.
Omar and Gharam involvement "which will be deprived of a child marriage, girls' education, growth equal opportunity, and to isolate it from the social sphere," he said.
But if history is any indication, it is also a practice in the Middle East, Asia and many countries in sub-Saharan Africa is unlikely that the common complaint of child marriages in Egypt will turn off. Darul Ifta, the highest Islamic authority in Egypt on minors to make a concerted effort to prevent the wedding urged state institutions.
[Bride child still haunts me]
But that has had little impact in many areas has been generated or attempts to manipulate the law. rural areas of Egypt, families with their children, married couples, but marriage generally valid reached the age of marriage until the official registration can avoid legal punishment. As a result, all children born in marriage certificates or birth will not be issued until then recognized, according to legal experts.
Omar's father, a local newspaper that faced a backlash for his decision, said: "A free people and did nothing wrong."
He continued that commitment, "Omar Gharam always said that he liked so much that she wants to marry when they grow before." He said both children acted "beyond his years" and developed "strong feelings for each other" through Facebook and other social networks "wanted to get involved."
So Omar's father said, "he asked her hand in marriage before another man when he is old," decided to announce its commitment now.
"When they reach the legal age, they would get married," he insisted.
Child marriage was not the first time this year in the province. In June, a bride of 10 years old in a pink dress, sat next to her 12-year-old groom celebrate their wedding. National Center for maternity and childhood marriage, "child murder."
Omar's father, Omar, and his decision Gharam are supposed to protect. "We have to protect their early years before they have reached the age of error," he told a local newspaper.
But Omar and Gharam cases provoked outrage instinct, especially among children and defenders of women's rights. Young couple pictures - Omar in a blue suit, a white dress largely made up Gharam high heels, and wears a crown - splashed across newspapers and anger spread across the country.
The Reda Eldanbouki, guidance and legal awareness of women took to the head, childhood and motherhood, a government agency, the National Center to report the incident. She filed a complaint with the Public Ministry to investigate the incident, and the father of the responsibility for this "crime," he said in a statement.
Omar and Gharam involvement "which will be deprived of a child marriage, girls' education, growth equal opportunity, and to isolate it from the social sphere," he said.
But if history is any indication, it is also a practice in the Middle East, Asia and many countries in sub-Saharan Africa is unlikely that the common complaint of child marriages in Egypt will turn off. Darul Ifta, the highest Islamic authority in Egypt on minors to make a concerted effort to prevent the wedding urged state institutions.
[Bride child still haunts me]
But that has had little impact in many areas has been generated or attempts to manipulate the law. rural areas of Egypt, families with their children, married couples, but marriage generally valid reached the age of marriage until the official registration can avoid legal punishment. As a result, all children born in marriage certificates or birth will not be issued until then recognized, according to legal experts.
Omar's father, a local newspaper that faced a backlash for his decision, said: "A free people and did nothing wrong."
He continued that commitment, "Omar Gharam always said that he liked so much that she wants to marry when they grow before." He said both children acted "beyond his years" and developed "strong feelings for each other" through Facebook and other social networks "wanted to get involved."
So Omar's father said, "he asked her hand in marriage before another man when he is old," decided to announce its commitment now.
"When they reach the legal age, they would get married," he insisted.
Child marriage was not the first time this year in the province. In June, a bride of 10 years old in a pink dress, sat next to her 12-year-old groom celebrate their wedding. National Center for maternity and childhood marriage, "child murder."
Omar's father, Omar, and his decision Gharam are supposed to protect. "We have to protect their early years before they have reached the age of error," he told a local newspaper.
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