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Too Young? Syrian Boy, 5, Engaged to Girl, 3
When most couples write out wedding gift lists, they typically ask for cutlery and dull domestic appliances. Ask Hala and her fiance Khalid what they'd like for their special day, though, and they'd probably tell you Lego bricks and a Tickle Me Elmo. That's because the newly betrothed Syrians are just 3 and 5 years old, respectively, according to Dubai's Gulf News.
Khalid's father Juma -- who lives in the city of Homs, some 100 miles north of Damascus -- told the paper that his son asked for his fellow kindergartner's hand in marriage "of his own free will," after a brief holiday romance. Both families are now reportedly preparing for the ceremony, which will take place in a decade, when Khalid is 15 and Hala 13. Such a ceremony would still be against Syrian law, which states the minimum age for marriage is 17 for women and 18 for men.
Too Young for Young Love? Syrian Boy Khalid, 5, Engaged to 3-Year-Old Girl Hala
When most couples write out wedding gift lists, they typically ask for cutlery and dull domestic appliances. Ask Hala and her fiance Khalid what they'd like for their special day, though, and they'd probably tell you Lego bricks and a Tickle Me Elmo. That's because the newly betrothed Syrians are just 3 and 5 years old, respectively, according to Dubai's Gulf News.
Khalid's father Juma -- who lives in the city of Homs, some 100 miles north of Damascus -- told the paper that his son asked for his fellow kindergartner's hand in marriage "of his own free will," after a brief holiday romance. Both families are now reportedly preparing for the ceremony, which will take place in a decade, when Khalid is 15 and Hala 13. Such a ceremony would still be against Syrian law, which states the minimum age for marriage is 17 for women and 18 for men.
Too Young for Young Love? Syrian Boy Khalid, 5, Engaged to 3-Year-Old Girl Hala