1. Family in the Middle East

2. Freedom of women in the Middle East varies from state to state.

3. Some families in the middle east are in very poor economic conditions.

7. Hena celebrations take place before weddings to keep evil away from the new couple.

8. Sugar is ground over the heads of the couple who is soon to be married, while asking their God to protect them from all evil.

9. The family is often thought of as a patriarchal, hierarchical pyramid (as far as age and sex are concerned) and what befell one member is thought to bring honor or shame to the entire family.