Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Cross-border marriage tears family in two - Globe and Mail
... The bride hails from this wind-whipped village on the Israeli side.
The groom's home lies on the Syrian side, directly across the border, studded with military checkpoints and flanked by minefields.
About a dozen brides from nearby border villages are faced with the same stark choice every year: A decision to cross into "enemy territory" to get married and never see their families again.
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The situation has shaped a surreal existence for families like the Shahins and Harbs, who are related by blood and separated by just a few kilometres, but rarely see each other because their respective countries are technically at war.
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They even have a weekly ritual in which they gather on either side of the border and use bullhorns to speak to their relatives across the way. ...
... The bride hails from this wind-whipped village on the Israeli side.
The groom's home lies on the Syrian side, directly across the border, studded with military checkpoints and flanked by minefields.
About a dozen brides from nearby border villages are faced with the same stark choice every year: A decision to cross into "enemy territory" to get married and never see their families again.
...
The situation has shaped a surreal existence for families like the Shahins and Harbs, who are related by blood and separated by just a few kilometres, but rarely see each other because their respective countries are technically at war.
...
They even have a weekly ritual in which they gather on either side of the border and use bullhorns to speak to their relatives across the way. ...
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