Palestinian Honeymooners

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By Hanitizer

Cabanas, huts, cabins, and shacks are all temporary places of choice for honeymooners. Now Palestinians have added tents to that list.

A news story on Al-Arabiya, reports the emergence of a new trend in Gaza weddings. As a result of the Israeli assault on Gaza and the full and the partial destruction of many homes in the Strip, a large number of Palestinian families have been residing in tents provided by various NGOs. According to the article, the young men and women of Gaza who have lost their homes are not backing down on their marriage plans and opting out to spend their honeymoons in tents. The tents are provided by wealthy Arab donors from the Gulf, notorious for their own appetite for marriages.

Ahmad Darwish El-Harish, a 23 year-old Gazan is one of those tent honeymooners. His fiancé, Iman, approved the idea of substituting an apartment with a tent which they now call their little love shack. Ahmad had an apartment adjacent to the Nizar Ryan, the Hamas figure that Israel sent to meet his Maker, while destroying several nearby homes in the process one of which included Ahmad’s. An anonymous donor from the Gulf learned of Ahmad’s struggle and the plight of countless others and promised to cover their wedding costs and to provide them tents.

Apparently (like everywhere else in the world) in the strip, you strip to make babies, thus giving Israel the middle finger yet again. No one will stop the Palestinians from making babies. The downside however, screamers need not apply.

[Tarboush Tip: Carlos]