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Trending: From Yemen With Love

23/11/2013

From Yemen With Love

BBC World Service - Trending, From Yemen With Love

Yemenis rally in solidarity with Huda and Arafat, a young couple arrested by the authorities.

Girl meets boy, but her father disapproves. It is a story as old as time, but unlike Romeo and Juliet, a couple arrested in Yemen have sparked a major Facebook campaign.  #BBCtrending traces the love story of Huda, a Saudi girl, and Arafat, a Yemeni boy – and asks what it tells us about Yemeni society.

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