The Egyptian authorities have banned a 92-year-old man from marrying a 17-year-old girl, the Egyptian al-Akhbar newspaper has reported. The ministry of justice invoked a law which says the age gap between spouses should not exceed 25 years.
Egypt brought in the law prohibiting the marriage of elderly men to very young girls during the Gulf oil boom. It was an effort to prevent wealthy men from the Gulf states seeking young poor brides from the Egyptian countryside.
In special cases, the justice ministry does allow foreign men to marry Egyptian women more than 25 years their junior if they deposit a very large sum of money in the name of their wife at the Egyptian National Bank…
173 such marriages were allowed in the past year after the foreign husband deposited a sum equivalent to about US $80,000 and was screened.
Since I qualify as an Old Fart, I resent laws supporting age-ism.
I certainly would never spend $80K to pick up a spare spouse in Egypt. Besides, my wife would fracking kill me.
I resemble that remark…
As far as I know the girls marrying the old farts ALSO require a deposit.
I didn’t read the link but the story if far more complex than just the age.
Rich Arab will fly into poor Muslim countries and and get a local mullah to sanction a marriage to a very young, very poor village girl. (and I mean girl, not woman).
He will then boff her brains out for his month of holiday and then divorce her, leaving her screwed and penniless.
The mullah, of course, gets his cut.
Google “Arab sex tourism” It’s no secret over there.
Sounds like pussy is for sale.
Dude !
The amount is only 8,000$, exactly 30,000 EGP to be put in Egyptian Al-Ahly bank, to be sure if he kicked the girl out after having sex for couple weeks the girl don’t be lost.
LOl, that is too funny. That header title made me crack up somewhat spastic. Thanks for enlightening my day. 🙂
Ravi
I have a few Mil lying around & was wondering where to spend it. Thanks for the info. about all the poor innocent girls that get nothing or have nothing. Keep your eyes glued to CNN because something good is going to happen for them!