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They fell in love on WhatsApp. The travel ban means their wedding is off.
They had sent out invitations, bought their rings, and arranged travel logistics: Mohamed Abdo, the groom-to-be, would fly from Virginia to Egypt, where he would marry his fiancée, Hana Abdalaziz, in a traditional Sudanese wedding.
The ceremony in Cairo scheduled for next month was supposed to be a festive, in-person introduction for the couple, who had fallen in love over WhatsApp after each of them fled armed conflict in Sudan and landed on opposites sides of the Atlantic Ocean. For months, they talked every day over video calls about building a life together in the D.C. suburb where Abdo, 44, had made a home and started a career.
