Al-Marsad Newspaper: A video clip circulating on social media documented the gifting of a Pakistani groom in Dubai as a dowry to his bride equivalent to her weight in gold.
The video showed the bride sitting on a scale, while people from the groom placed on the other side of the scale an amount of gold bars equivalent to her weight. While the ladies ululated.
And during the video, large quantities of gold bars were placed, until the scale of gold prevailed, then the groom placed a sword on it, and the attendees took memorial photos.
The clip sparked widespread controversy, and tweeters considered that offering a dowry to the bride equivalent to her weight in gold was a kind of exaggeration.
