Hadia Ties the Knot in Front of the Ruins of her Destroyed HomeShe wore a white lace dress, a wide-brimmed hat and a radiant smile. Hadia Mneimseh was married in front of the ruins of her destroyed home.
A primary school teacher, Mneimseh, 31, had planned to wed on July 13 in the apartment where she was born.
Everything was ready: the announcements had been sent, the food ordered, the hall rented.
But war decided otherwise.
On the day before her wedding, after the abduction by Hizbullah of two Israeli soldiers, Israel began bombarding Lebanon, including Beirut's southern suburbs, a Hizbullah stronghold.
The Mneimseh family apartment, an 11-storey building adjacent to the headquarters of Hizbullah's welfare arm, was hit.
Worse still, the building where the couple had rented an apartment to start their new life together is cracked and could collapse at any moment.
Each fled to the homes of relatives to escape the bombardment but more than that would have been necessary to crush Mneimseh's spirit.
She insisted on a wedding in front of her childhood home. Her husband Hussein Daher, 37, a worker at a cooperative, agreed.
The party took place Saturday at her sister-in-law's home in the mountains, far from the ruins.
While war-battered Lebanon faces a struggle to rebuild after the 34-day war, Mneimseh declared herself "very happy."(AFP)
Beirut, 20 Aug 06, 11:53
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