Outrage over boy, 12, set to marry his 11-year-old cousin and the couple is given father's blessing in Egypt

Schoolboy Omar, 12, will marry his cousin Gharam, 11, (both pictured) after their engagement was announced at a family member's wedding 75 north of Cairo in Egypt sparking backlash. While family and friends celebrated Nasser Hassan's eldest son's lavish wedding, the father decided to 'double the joy' in Egypt by announcing Omar was engaged. Egyptian law prohibits marriages for anyone under 18, but the father said there was 'nothing inappropriate' about the couple, adding that it was only 'an engagement, not a marriage'.