RIYADH HOSTS MASS WEDDING

The banquet hall at King Fahd Cultural Centre in Riyadh was booked to host a mass wedding party worth SR3 million for 50 disabled persons with Prince Sattam Bin Abdul Aziz, Deputy Emir of Riyadh, gracing the event. The mass wedding would teach the disabled a sense of independence, acceptance of others, and always a desire to do the best for one’s body, friends, family and community, a disabled man, who wanted to remain anonymous, has said. The mass wedding has been arranged by the Disabled Society in Riyadh. The society will also provide over SR2 million in marriage aid to the newly-wed couples to help them have a smooth start towards a happy married life, said Abdullah Al-Kurashi, chairman of the society. For the disabled to be eligible for a free marriage wedding, it should be their first marriage and the disabled should be a Saudi national with limited income and the marriage contract should be signed within six months before the date of submitting a mass wedding application.