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American exchange student to Egypt claims he lost weight during stay with Coptic Christian family

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American exchange student to Egypt claims he lost weight during stay with Coptic Christian family

Submitted by Khalid on Fri, 2008/02/29 - 13:46

An American exchange student from Maine stayed with Coptic Christian family in Alexandria, Egypt.

He weighed 155 pounds upon arrival, and returned only at 97 pounds.

He claims that he was not given enough portions to eat, and that the Christian Coptic mandate to fast 200 days a year (with no animal protein) made it happen.

His Egyptian host family denies the allegations. Shaker Hanna says that it is "a lie", with the boy's parents planning to recover some of the costs of his stay.

Read more at Boston.com. 

 

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That Is Horrible

Submitted by Soa (not verified) on Mon, 2008/03/03 - 17:01.

I hope hes put weight back on since his stay with that family.

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