Egyptian man cuts off his own penis after family won't let him marry lower class girl

Daily Press ^ | May 31, 2009 | SARAH EL DEEB

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CAIRO (AP) — A 25-year-old Egyptian man cut off his own penis to spite his family after he was refused permission to marry a girl from a lower class family, police reported Sunday. After unsuccessfully petitioning his father for two years to marry the girl, the man heated up a knife and sliced off his reproductive organ, said a police official. The young man came from a prominent family in the southern Egyptian province of Qena, one of Egypt's poorest and most conservative areas that is also home to the famed ancient Egyptian ruins of Luxor. The man was rushed to the hospital but doctors were unable to reattach the severed member, the official added citing the police report filed after the incident. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak with the press, added that the man was still recovering in the hospital. Traditionally, marriages in these conservative part of southern Egypt are between similar social classes and often within the same extended families — and are rarely for love.

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Just damn

[MAD-AS-HELL]

I make the same threat at bars and it works in picking up girls. /s

[ClearCase_guy]

Maybe now his family will change their mind, and he’ll be able to marry his sweetheart and have a happy marriage ... oh ... wait ... the odds may be against that.

[taxcontrol]

Ok, now that is “true love”

[Kozak]

Osiris, is that you?

[Northern Yankee]

Ouch!...

Let's see... what else can we try?
Cut off my leg if I don't win the race?
Cut off my ears if I can't get my favorite CD?
Cut off my arms if I can't get the tatoo I want?
Cut off my nose if I have to smell bacon frying one more time?

The possibilties are endless.

[COBOL2Java]

I’ve heard of cutting off your nose to spite your face, but this is ridiculous...

[tina07]

OUCH!

[y6162]

“A 25-year-old Egyptian man cut off his own penis to spite his family”

He should have talked to Dr. Phil first.

[Blado]

AP photo of the bride

[usmcobra]

AP Photo of the groom

[Keli Kilohana]

Who was he wanting to marry? Lorena Bobbit?

[TurtleUp]

She must be quite a woman.

[Lazamataz]

YASPT.

Yet Another Severed Penis Thread.

[Fresh Wind]

I didn’t win the lottery so I sent all my money to Nigeria.

[DuncanWaring]

That had to hurt.

[Lazamataz]

I’d hit it.

[linn37]

Blindfolded?

[Northern Yankee]

Something... isn’t it?

[mkjessup]

A 25-year-old Egyptian man cut off his own penis to spite his family after he was refused permission to marry a girl from a lower class family

Now that 25 year old can look into becoming a girl from a lower class family, and maybe convince his former fiance' to become a lesbian.