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Expect a public black eye over this one any second now:<\/b> A female student was expelled from Al Azhar University after a video \u2014 showing her hug her fianc\u00e9 after he kneeled down with a flower bouquet in an apparent gesture to propose \u2014 went viral. The student can appeal the decision, the university\u2019s spokesperson Ahmad Zarei told Ahram Online<\/a>. The expulsion has sparked wide debate on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Expect a public black eye over this one any second now: A female student was expelled from Al Azhar University after a video \u2014 showing her hug her fianc\u00e9 after he kneeled down with a flower bouquet in an apparent gesture to propose \u2014 went viral. 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