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UAE bridegrooms get time to register

General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, has pledged to bear the costs of a mass wedding to be held on July 25 as part of the Liwa Date Festival, which will kick off on July 17.

  • Staff Report
  • Published: 22:38 July 12, 2008
  • Gulf News

Abu Dhabi: General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, has pledged to bear the costs of a mass wedding to be held on July 25 as part of the Liwa Date Festival, which will kick off on July 17.

Shaikh Mohammad instructed the organising committee to leave registration open till July 24 to enable more bridegrooms to tie the knot at the mass wedding.

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