Every year young Druze women from the Israel-occupied part of the Golan Heights marry young men from the Syrian side. Once they cross the divide, they can never go back. Arin is going to start a new life with her future husband. She has finishing touches to her hair and makeup before leaving hom...
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Arin is going to start a new life with her future husband. She has finishing touches to her hair and makeup before leaving home. In a few hours, 24-yr-old Arin will cross the border into Syria to join her future husband: never to return.
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At the border crossing at Quneitra, the Red Cross acts as intermediary, overseeing the transfer of the young bride to her new life on the other side of the UN-controlled no-man’s-land. This cross-border marriage will not be the last -the dispute over the Golan Heights goes on -even though Turkey...
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Arin lives on the Golan Heights: Syrian territory occupied by Israel since 1967. Families like hers were divided by the disputed frontier and for Arin to marry her cousin on the Syrian side she has had to sign a form agreeing never to go back.
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