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Saudi Women Against Late Night Weddings

Friday, May 9th, 2008 @ 03:17 UTC

by Amira Al Hussaini

Countries:: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain
Topics:: Gender, Protest
Languages:: English

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bn:: সৌদি নারীরা গভীর রাতের বিবাহ অনুষ্ঠানের বিপক্ষে...

“Apparently many Saudi women believe that late night weddings are highly inconvenient, so they’re campaigning and holding workshops to try and change this tradition,” writes Bahraini blogger Esra'a, who argues that Saudi women should be rallying for other, more pressing issues.

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