He leans toward her and gives her the gentlest of kisses. I want to choose my own husband. He should be as educated as I will be. And I will have only three children. It's a sign that life goes on, even in the toughest times.
Times are tough in Eritrea now.
The money and the labor formerly used to rebuild a war-torn nation are supporting another war, and Demet is once again praying for peace, attending special services twice a day. I don't know what's going to happen,'' she says. But I have faith in God. At St. Mary's Church in Asmara, couples exchange vows. A pregnant Palestinian's ordeal at an Israeli roadblock brings Middle East tensions home.