Economic situation encourages exchange marriages [Archives:2008/1199/Reportage]
October 16 2008
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Photos by:Amira Al-Sharif
Although the overwhelming majority of Yemeni people have become aware of the often horrible consequences of exchange marriages, many find themselves obliged to adopt it as the easiest way to get married.
An exchange marriage often aims to reduce the cost of entering into a marital union by giving the hand of a sister or daughter to the relative of a future bride. During the preparations for the exchange marriage, the two families buy the same requirements in order to be as economical as possible.
According to Mohammed Saeed Naji, a villager from the Bani Hushaish district, \”Instead of having two separate wedding ceremonies for a brother and sister
