'CHILD BRIDES' INDIA 1991, ZAHIDA, 13, & RIZWANA, 12, DRESSED IN THEIR SCHOOL UNIFORMS.

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India Child Brides Zahida 13 left Her hands are henna ed she is ready for sale A 50 year old Arab has already visited her He said I was not pretty enough so he rejected me 2 other Arabs visited but did not buy Her mother is worried that she will not find a buyer when asked if she hopes to get married for good she said It s my fate If I get a nice man then it could last She is seen here with her schoolfriend Rizwana 12 wearing her school uniform who s father a taxi driver wants to sell her to one of the many vising Gulf Arabs who are prepared to pay a good price for a pretty girl The girl s mother is against selling Rizwana to a foreigner wants to marry her to a local from Hyderabad The girl s father however is adamant she must be sold

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