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GAZA CITY, Gaza — It was a bitter disappointment for Yasmine, 26, when she learned that the family of the man she loved was against their engagement because she was divorced after two years of a previous failed marriage.
Everyone knows that Yasmine's divorce was no fault of her own; she was just an unlucky woman. Yet, the way divorced women are perceived in Palestinian society pushes them to lead lonely lives, shunned in the public eye. This perception takes away their right to make free choices and move freely, to build social relations or find satisfactory jobs. They have heinous accusations hurled at them.
