A many splendoured thing Guests at a mass wedding enter the dining hall. Nicole Hill / The National
Sitting in a row on red-and-gold Renaissance-style chairs in the One Thousand and One Nights wedding hall in Umm al Qaiwain, 19 nervous young bridegrooms are receiving last-minute advice on what to expect in the next hour – not to mention the rest of their lives. Wedding season is under way, with many young men taking part in mass ceremonies under the patronage of the rulers of the emirates. *HERE*<http://1426.blogspot.com/2009/06/mass-wedding-of-19-emirati-couples-at.html>
