GAZA (Reuters) - Bridegrooms in the Gaza Strip are finding marriage a path to debtors' prison rather than to happiness. Eyad al-Zahar said he had turned into "a regular visitor to prison" since taking such a loan. As he spoke, rain leaked through the metal ceiling and his family scurried to place plastic pots to catch the drops. Amid crushing hardship in the territory, Ewadi said business had been falling off, even at marriage loan societies. If things do not improve there will be an explosion here because people have nothing to lose," he said.

Source: The Star February 03, 2020 13:30 UTC