Turning Guilt into a Film
Muhammad Samsul Rizal married his wife when she was 16, unaware of the risks of child marriage. Guilt has prompted him to work against child marriage and produce a film to raise awareness on a problem commonly found in his region.
April 4, 2017
MUHAMMAD Samsul Rizal, 31, married his then16yearold girlfriend, Mubarratain, three years ago. The couple dated for a romantic six months before becoming serious. But when Rizal asked for her hand in marriage, she was still in high school, and a mere child.
Rizal admitted he is not proud of what he had done. He said it was common among men in his village of Kekait in West Lombok regency, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), to look for a young girl to mar
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