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Marriage Egyptian style / by Reem Saad and Joanna Head.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Ethnographic video online.
- Under the sun
- Language:
- Egyptian
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Marriage.
- Marriage customs and rites.
- Egypt.
- Marriage customs and rites--Egypt.
- Marriage--Egypt.
- Genre:
- Ethnographic films.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (50 min.) : sound, color.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 1991.
- Language Note:
- Egyptian, English with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Among Egyptian Muslims, a person's life is not complete until they marry and have children. According to Islam, a man must support his wife, but he can have up to four wives if he supports them all equally. This film is about Wiza's world, where marriage is a tricky expensive business. The groom has to provide gifts of gold and somewhere to live. But in Cairo, unemployment is high and housing scarse. So eligible men are in demand.
- Notes:
- Previously released on DVD.
- Title from title frames (Ethnographic video online, viewed May 14, 2012).
- Filmed in Cairo, Egypt.
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2010. (Ethnographic video online). Available via World Wide Web.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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