Kholoud Sukkarieh and Nidal Darwish were the first couple to be wed in a civil ceremony in Lebanon in 2012. But the happiness of their union did not last long, and in 2016 they had to flee Lebanon to Sweden after receiving numerous death threats. Their 'crime'? Marrying outside the religious confessional system and thus triggering a debate over the country's marriage laws. Now nearly four years later, they are ...
