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Lebanese couple marries on Skype
I just stumbled upon this article from Annahar today about a Lebanese couple from Tyre who got married on Skype since the bride, Hawraa Said, lives here in Lebanon while the groom, Assaad Fakhoury, is in the US. Check all about it here.
Technology for the win!!
Lebanese man got his penis cut off!
This will make you feel like we’re living in a jungle. It’s insane.
A Lebanese man got his penis cut off by his wife’s family, after he insisted on marrying her despite parental opposition from her side because they are from different sects!
Read about it all here on Annahar.
Infographic about civil marriage in Lebanon
Make sure to check this great infographic by Nicolas Hayek on civil marriage in Lebanon since its inception in 1936 till today.
via Nicolas Hayek
Lebanon’s first civil marriage not approved
Unfortunately the civil marriage I posted about earlier did not get approved after the Interior Ministry referred it to the Justice Ministry, simply due to the fact that civil marriage is not yet allowed in Lebanon, and therefore the workaround that Nidal and Khouloud came up with did not work.
Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said the Justice Ministry did not approve a Lebanese couple’s request for a civil marriage in the country.
“The Interior Ministry referred the marriage request to the Justice Ministry’s advisory panel, which studied the request and did not approve on it due to the absence of a law that regulates civil marriage,” Charbel told An-Nahar newspaper in remarks published Monday.
“Any similar request will not be [approved],” the minister also said, calling for a new law that regulates civil marriage.
“There must be a [law] to regulate the personal status, marriage and divorce as well inheritance and other similar issues,” Charbel added.
You can read about the issue in this article by Now Lebanon.
A proposal flashmob at Beirut Souks
This video was made back in November but didn’t go viral probably because it didn’t have the best dance out there… still, the smile on the girl’s face was definitely priceless!