The Bride Who Crawled Through a Tunnel

October 7, 2009 1:19 PM

"Gaza Love Story: The Bride Who Crawled Through a Tunnel""He lived in the Gaza Strip, she in the West Bank. It seemed as though the Israeli blockade would prevent their marriage. Then May risked her life to crawl through a smugglers' tunnel into Gaza and join Mohammed. Now they face an uncertain future together."
posted by shetterly (14 comments total)

Before I read this...cuz I don't want to be heartbroken...can you guarantee this isn't going to end up like that concentration camp dude who was getting apples tossed over a fence at him by some chica but really just made the whole story up?
posted by spicynuts at 1:28 PM on October 7

It ends well-ish. No sign that this is a John McCain style story.
posted by Artw at 1:35 PM on October 7

Hopefully they did not invest in the tunnels: Hamas Finds Gaza Tunnels’ $500 Million Loss Worse Than Madoff
posted by Frank Grimes at 4:19 PM on October 7

What a bizarre angle that article has.
posted by Artw at 4:36 PM on October 7

A bit odd that it was not the man who went to get to his love...at least with the two in the Wet Bank they would not be under the heels of Hamas. Wonder if that tunnel, now known, is still useable.
posted by Postroad at 5:04 PM on October 7

It is slowly dawning on the young couple that those first glowing days of happiness could soon be over. May misses her mother.

Uh-oh. There goes the honeymoon. Now her mother is going to pop out of that tunnel with a couple of large suitcases and no smile.

It is slowly dawning on them? They live in a shithole place with 40 percent unemployment, they are up to their tits in debt, and he gets 25 dollars a month working for the opposition to Hamas in a place ruled by Hamas.
posted by pracowity at 5:17 PM on October 7 [2 favorites has favorites]

TWO households, alike in dignity...
posted by CarlRossi at 6:15 PM on October 7 [1 favorite has favorites]

(1/3) Related, from the Big Picture
posted by dinty_moore at 6:51 PM on October 7 [1 favorite has favorites]

CarlRossi: "TWO households, alike in dignity..."

I thought about making a Jets/Sharks joke earlier... but my heart wasn't in it. This shit is depressing.
posted by Joe Beese at 6:58 PM on October 7

"This shit is depressing."

Yeah. But May is amazing, and Mohammed seems to know that, so it seems optimistic, too.
posted by shetterly at 7:15 PM on October 7

Sad. They seem doomed. I hope that even a year from now they are still happy and May is still sure that she did the right thing.
posted by LiliaNic at 9:50 PM on October 7

Good luck kids. I wish you well.
posted by arse_hat at 11:24 PM on October 7

They could have a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle themed wedding!

/joking

Good on them!
posted by asok at 5:25 AM on October 8

What's tragic is the collective punishment that keeps Palestinians separated. What's tragic is that the tunnels need to exist, lest thousands of people starve. What's tragic is that it's American dollars that propagate this disaster of human rights.
posted by Peecabu at 7:05 PM on October 9