Stephanie Gardiner
September 30, 2011
The case of a teenage girl placed on an airport watch list to stop her parents taking her to Lebanon for an unwanted arranged wedding is a rare example of forced marriage in Australia, experts believe.
The 16-year-old girl was praised by Federal Court magistrate Joe Harman for her courage to challenge her parents' authority and the Lebanese Islamic culture which she was brought up in.
Full story on the Lebanese islamic "culture" at "Sydney Morning Herald"
