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Rich Arab tourists buying 'summer brides' in Egypt | Rich tourists from the Persian Gulf are
paying to marry minor Egyptian girls just for the summer, according to a report
in the Daily Mail. The US State Department report, 'Trafficking in
Persons,' revealed that these temporary marriages are not legally binding and end
when the men return to their homes in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and
Kuwait. The tourists pay a ‘dowry’ to poor families through intermediaries with
prices ranging from 320 pounds to 3,200 pounds, the paper said. The young victims,
with some girls under 18 years of age, suffer sexual slavery and are forced to
be servants to their ‘husbands’, it added. No foreigner can marry an Egyptian
girl if there is an age difference of 10 years, according to state laws, but parents
and marriage brokers are breaking the laws and marrying off their girls for money,
the report said. Many of these 'brides' are also targeted by Egyptian men and
forced into prostitution, it added. Dr Hoda Badran, who chairs the NGO Alliance
for Arab Women, said that she believed poverty was the major cause of the trade.
She said: “If those families are in such a need to sell their daughters you can
imagine how poor they are. Many times, the girl does not know she is marrying
the husband just for the short term”.
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