Marrying Moroccan man

Submitted by Isis (Australia), Feb 20, 2013 at 18:49

Luigi - in Egypt, Morocco and most other countries in the mid East, a man cannot be with a woman unless they are married. This is the law. Pre marriage courtship is only a distant relationship and attended by members of both families and this is the brief "getting to know you" period. This is why marriages to prospective "western" wives are rushed. Whilst this is normal practice for the men in question, it is deemed "strange" by westerners because we have no limitations on the relationship before marriage.

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