Palestinian couple gets West Bank wedding
San Diego Union-Tribune Saturday 14th April, 2012
In this photograph made on Thursday, April 12, 2012, bride Maha Surougi waits to meet the groom Thaer Qasem during their wedding in the West Bank village of Deir Istiya, near Nablus. The bride and the groom, Syrian citizens with Palestinian roots were invited by the Palestinian government to celebrate their marriage in the West Bank. The money is customarily attached to the newly weds by well wishers. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) - AP
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