Woman Celebrates Her Divorce on Egyptian Valentine's Day

A woman named Sherehan Ghazy has marked her porce on Egyptian Valentine's Day with yellow balloons, and an inpidual-sized cake with the words, "Happy Divorce" written in white letters.

Sherehan posted on her Facebook account several photos and a video from her celebration.

"You celebrated Valentine and I will celebrate my porce," Sherehan captioned.

She continued: "We met at my father's solace on April 8th, we wed on September 29, and were porced on his birthday on November 1st, and celebrated my porce on Valentine's Day, on November 4th,".

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The posts went viral on Facebook, generating over 3,400 likes and over 3,800 shares.

Noteworthy, Egypt celebrates its own version of Valentine's Day on November 4.

The idea was first thought during a funeral in the district of Sayeda Zeinab and was adopted in Akhbar Al Youm in Ramses, downtown.

The idea of Egyptian Valentine’s Day was born during epic emotions which could reflect hatred and family relations break.

Then iconic Journalist Mostafa Amin thought that the emotions of the Egyptians needed to be revived, as he was released after a prison sentence in 1974 and noticed a funeral in the street, that was only attended by three people.

This is contrary to the typical social habits and nature of the beloving Egyptians.

Then he thought where the family of this dead person was, his neighbors, his friends. Amin asked people attending the funeral: Who was the dead?  Where are his relatives?  He was told that the deceased was an old man who was not liked by the people.

Amin went to his office and wrote in his daily column the idea of having a Valentine’s Day. He did not mean an occasion for lovers, but love with a broader and more comprehensive perspective, love as an idea and a sense of all.

Indeed, despite some attacks on the idea, he was able to organize an occasion in which the Egyptians recount their feelings of love in order to thrive in affection and cherish their feelings.

But by time, the idea shrank from its generalization to a special situation – to become an occasion for lovers, it deviated from its proper framework, which is to revive the love in our hearts to each other to live a happy life.