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Sunday
Feb262006

Gamal getting married after all

So it seems that the Gamal and Khadiga story was true after all:

CAIRO (Reuters) - The son of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, ruling party politician Gamal Mubarak, will get engaged on Friday to the daughter of a prominent building contractor, the state-owned newspaper al-Ahram said on Sunday.

Gamal, 42, is the assistant secretary general of Mubarak's National Democratic Party (NDP) and the head of the policies section. The opposition says the NDP is preparing him to succeed his father but Gamal says he has no presidential ambitions.

Al-Ahram said his fiancee is the daughter of contractor Mahmoud Yahya el-Gammal. The independent newspaper Al Masry Al Yom named her as Khadiga, born in 1982 and a graduate of the American University in Cairo, where Gamal studied in the 1980s.

Asked in a recent interview when he planned to get married, Gamal said he would do so when he met the right person.

Gamal Mubarak's office had no immediate comment on the reports.
Remember you heard it here first.

Incidentally we've learned recently that Gamal acolyte Muhammad Kamal, the spokesman and electoral architect of the NDP, recently got engaged. Maybe it will be a double wedding.

Reader Comments (5)

Hi, all...Ahmed Fouad Negm was quick in offering his best to the bride and groom...read it http://tomanbay.blogspot.com/2006/02/negms-congrats-to-bride-and-groom.html" rel="nofollow">here

Feb 28, 2006 at 1:03 AM | Unregistered CommenterTomanbay

Jimmy‘s new wife will be the first lady of Egypt so soon , 24 years old first lady will stay the prisdent wife for at least 50 years .. Viva Egypt ..!!

all of you who are critisizing this need to really have something better to tak about, leave people alone, its really really non of anyone's business Plus stop sending her pictures around because somebody told me that everyone that sends her picture will be tracked down. JUST A WORD OF ADVICE!!!

Mar 2, 2006 at 2:54 AM | Unregistered Commenternada

Police-state mentality much, Nada?

Mar 2, 2006 at 3:44 AM | Unregistered CommenterSP

Meen el 7akoudin elio bey2oulo 3ala khadiga ugly yeshufo nafsohom fel meraya . weba3dane Gamal amar we2alf wa7da tetmanah wel shabab shabab el alb wehowa ensan 3azeem begad ba2olha men alby ya rab yewafa2hom begad. wekefaya 7ekd ba2a er7amo nafsoko mesh keda. ALF MABROUK FOR YOU BOTH YA KAHDIGA AND GAMAL ALSO ALF MABROUK FOR DODI & MOLLY and El RAYES EL GAMIL EL 3AZEEM MUBARAK & SUZAN MUBARAK. XO

Mar 5, 2006 at 2:58 AM | Unregistered CommenterD

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