Many of the Syrians flooding into a refugee camp in Jordan are war widows with young children, a phenomenon that has attracted hordes of matchmakers and older Arab men from other countries looking for brides, reports the Washington Post. Some see it as a blessing—one 19-year-old, for example, accepted the proposal of a middle-aged Kuwaiti engineer and looks forward to a "new country with a new life."
In a Jordan camp, outsiders seek Syrian brides
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