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United Arab Emirates: Spinsterhood

Written byHaitham Sabbah

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Posted 19 October 2005 19:19 GMT

Emirati says that spinsterhood is a major topic of discussion in the Emirates. The Phenomena of unmarried young women, who cannot get married because other Emarati guys have married foreigners, leaving them in a dire position which is very widespread.

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