Lebanese case tests nationality laws - 29 Aug 09

Across much of the Arab world, women married to foreigners are typically barred from passing their nationality to their children.

In Lebanon, however, one woman has taken her fight to court and won.

But her landmark case is now being challenged because it sets a precedent which could alter the make-up of the Lebanese population.

Al Jazeera's Zeina Awad reports from Beirut.

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