Egyptian Conception of Marriage

Marriage is the center of contemporary Egyptian social life. It is the primary focal point in the lives of both women and men, followed only by the birth of a child. There is no dating or interaction prior to the wedding, but there are other occasions where Egyptian men and women can meet each other. Usually, this will take place at a public location. It started by the parents of the man visiting to his fiancée's house to get the approval to complete the marriage and reach an agreement. In the wedding. The contract is signed by the groom with the family of the bride. The wife has the unconditional right to economic support from her husband, but she remains in control of her property, including inheritance or earned income. In case of divorce, she is entitled to three months' alimony and to those possessions that she brought with her at the beginning of her marriage or those that she acquired with her own income, as well as any portion of her mahr that is due her.

My opinion on this matter is that there are religion and culture are a strong influence on today’s human behavior. We have seen so many different types of weddings and marriages that is surprisingly hard to believe that we are the same and yet we are so different. On this marriage, I would say that, the fact that is the most important occasion on a woman’s life, followed by the birth of a child shocked me because in our society, the most important aspect of the modern life is education. We have the privileges of going to school, choosing who we want to marry and what is going to be our future and in the other part of the world is the other way. Our country is base on free will and that free will took us where we are today. Some of us may think this type of marriage is weird, but they think the same of us too.

Most of the people in the Middle Eastern are followers of the Islamic law and this is the main reason or explanation for the doubts we may have about marriage in these places. I like to think of it as a chain, the religion modifies the culture, and the culture modifies the people and the way they live. Egyptian marriages are influenced by both the Middle Eastern tradition and the European tradition and that is why some weddings are looking more like the weddings we are used to see. The Egyptians are also a patriarchal society, the man is provider no matter what the income of the woman is and he has the right to obtain the greatest part if they divorce, including the kids. Everywhere in the world there is something new to discover and today we have learned how human being have built their own systems and ways of living.

Our presentation was about Eskimo Marriage, Egyptian Marriage, African Forced Marriages, and Indian Marriage. Two of our group members were absent in the presentation day. Their topic was Japan's Arranged Marriages and Intercultural Marriage. We, the present members of the group, dressed up as our topic and one showed a video about African Forced Marriages.