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The women dress in traditional (usually hand-embroidered) gowns, known as Palestinian ithyab. The brides would be extravagant and exquisitely embroidered. The groom will wear the usual traditional Arab men's thobe and hata (head covering). The henna wedding tradition has remained popular with Jewish descendants of predominantly Muslim countries.
Dabke is a folk dance "made up of intricate steps and stomps" (Rowe 2011, 364) performed by both men and women that is popular in areas such as Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq. The dance is often performed at weddings and celebrations; however, it is also performed in theatrical or contemporary modes.
Muslim marriage and Islamic wedding customs are traditions and practices that relate to wedding ceremonies and marriage rituals prevailing within the Muslim world. Although Islamic marriage customs and relations vary depending on country of origin and government regulations, both Muslim men and women from around the world are guided by Islamic ...
This is due to Lebanese personal status laws, through which Lebanese women's citizenship are subject to their husband's and father's personal status. [34] This personal status depends on men's legal sectarian affiliation. For example, Lebanese women cannot pass on their Lebanese nationality to their non-Lebanese husband or their children. [35]
v. t. e. In Islam, nikah ( Arabic: نِكَاح, romanized : nikāḥ) is a contract exclusively between a man and woman. Both the groom and the bride are to consent to the marriage of their own free wills. A formal, binding contract – verbal or on paper [1] – is considered integral to a religiously valid Islamic marriage, and outlines the ...
An important contributing factor to the violence exercised on women in the Arab world is the idea of ta’ah (obedience). It is a religio-cultural idea which suggests that women and men are equal before God, however, their responsibilities are not the same. In addition, ta’ah justifies men’s physical abuse over women.
Many Christians and most Muslims who live in the cities wear modern stylish clothes. In the countryside, women sometimes wear traditional colorful skirts and men wear a traditional sherwal (baggy trousers). Dress was historically Ottoman, but remains only as part of the folk culture. Today, almost all Lebanese wear modern clothing.
Abuse. v. t. e. Cousin marriage is a form of consanguinity (marriages among couples who are related as second cousins or closer). In many nations in the Middle East, first-cousin marriages account for 20-30% of all marriages. [ 1] While consanguinity is not unique to the Arab or Islamic world, Arab countries have had "some of the highest rates ...