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Jun 30, 2011
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Residents of Cairo long defined one another by which of the two clubs they supported. (File photo)

By JAMES M. DORSEY
AL ARABIYA

Divorce rates in Egypt are highest in families where the men are avid soccer fans, according to a study conducted by two Ain Shams University researchers.

The researchers, Hamdi Abdul Azeem and Mona el-Sayyed Hafez, found that th…

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