'Part-time marriage' provokes controversy in Egypt
A lawyer proposes “part-time marriage” as a way to marry off thousands of divorced and unmarried women in Egypt.
Abeer Ahmed, 48, balked at a proposal by her neighbor to be a “part-time” wife to a wealthy husband to help her provide for her two young girls.
“After my husband’s sudden death six years ago, my neighbor told me about her rich relative who wants to marry me provided that he will only spend a few days with me every month in return for taking care of the expenses of my family. I rejected her proposal outright,” Ahmed, a housewife, told Al-Monitor.
“I told her that when I decide to get married again, I will look for a husband who will dedicate all his time for our family and raise our children with me.”
“Part-time marriage” has provoked a heated debate in Egypt in recent days after Egyptian lawyer Ahmed Mahran proposed it as a way to solve the problem of millions of divorced and unmarried women in Egypt and the Arab world.
