An 18-year-old, middle-class Coptic Christian student in Upper Egypt went to school as usual when she found herself caught in ...

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She describes the ceremony ‘Bringing the Bundle’, which was a kind of marriage proposal ... This clip is from BBC series: Ancient Egypt - Life and Death in the Valley of the Kings.

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According to Syria's personal status law, the minimum age of marriage for girls is 16, whereas the law does not regulate this matter under Egypt's new charter. In contrast to these marriages ...

Early marriage poses severe risks to girls, hindering their development and leading to early pregnancies and social isolation. It perpetuates a cycle of limited education, high fertility, and poverty.

Economic crisis and higher inflation in Egypt have prompted many young married people to abandon the idea of having children.

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Archaeologists have uncovered the tomb of Pharaoh Thutmose II, the first royal tomb found since King Tut's discovery in 1922.