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22 Women in Afghanistan - DCLCP wedding. This is also the women’s party where the bride’s family will bring her dowry and other gifts. The other relatives also bring gifts for the bride. When this party is over, the bride is ready to start working around the house and get to know everyone and everything in her new home. A local Afghan National Police Officer invites the Marines to his wedding because of the friendship created by the Police Mentor Team. Other Marines are invited as well and more than 30 attend the wedding.
MAHER AND DOWRY Maher is an obligatory amount of money promised by the groom to the bride at the time of the marriage contract. According to Islam, this money is like a gift (not the price) to the bride and she can spend it as she wishes. Sometimes this gift could be other things than money such as a house, a piece of land, a garden, gold or silver. The man may give only half of the Maher to the woman when they get married, and he pays the other half on a specific time agreed between parties. Payment of Maher is not conditional to divorce, it means the bride can ask for the full Maher or half or a portion at any time after marriage. If divorce happens after marriage and before consumation of the marriage, the bride shall be entitled only to half of the full maher. Based on custom in Afghanistan, usually grooms do not pay maher until divorce happens. Many families make this amount large enough so the man cannot afford to divorce the woman. A woman can also tell her husband that he does not have to pay the maher at all. Unfortunately because of the bureaucracy and male-dominated judicial system in Afghanistan, it is very difficult for women to get their Maher when they divorce. In Afghanistan, where most women are uneducated, many women do not even know about this right, so they never even receive any part of their maher. Dowry is the gift given to the bride by her family, which is optional, not obligatory. This gift includes expensive clothes, gold, jewelry and household items. Often in an Afghan village wedding, few families give dowry, but all families must give pillows, blankets and a mattress to the bride called “pest-ekhwab.” 23
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Page 23 and 24: WASHING CLOTHES Washing everyone’
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Page 27 and 28: WOMEN’S ROLES IN AFGHAN VILLAGES
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Page 31 and 32: CELEBRATIONS There are many festiva
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Page 37 and 38: DIVORCE Divorce is allowed in Islam
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