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WesternManDotOrg 8 points ago +8 / -0

ARAB WORLD INBREEDING

Statistical research on cousin marriage in Arabic countries shows rates up to:

34% of all marriages in Algiers

46% in Bahrain

33% in Egypt

80% in Nubia (southern area in Egypt)

60% in Iraq

64% in Jordan

64% in Kuwait

42% in Lebanon

48% in Libya

47% in Mauritania

54% in Qatar

67% in Saudi Arabia

63% in Sudan

40% in Syria

39% in Tunisia

54% in the United Arabic Emirates

45% in Yemen

Source: Reproductive Health Journal, Issue 6, ‘Consanguinity and reproductive health among Arabs’, 2009, https://reproductive-health-journal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1742-4755-6-17