The pioneers of social networking sites in a number of Arab countries are circulating the hashtag #Marry me_without_dowry, and Arab media are talking about what they say is a “campaign launched by Lebanese activists to solve the “spinsterhood” crisis, so what is the story of this hashtag?

What is the truth behind the #Marry me without a dowry campaign, and what is its relationship to Lebanon?

The hashtag topped the trending lists on Twitter in several countries, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Egypt, but it did not appear on the list of the most popular hashtags on Twitter in Lebanon. Searching on Twitter, the hashtag was circulated on August 29 in Jordan in tweets by men talking about “the campaign #Marry Me Without Dowry, launched by young women to help young men get married.” The search on Facebook shows that the news started circulating in Algeria on August 28, and it talks about a campaign for young Algerian women.

Using the same image, you find news that the campaign was launched by girls from Syria.