Shock! Student sues hunger / PHOTO /

American student Jonathan Makkalum lost almost half of its weight during stay in Egypt as part of a student's exchange, the Lenta.Ru. The very young man believes that the reason this has dles Egyptian family, where he lived.

Jonathan lived in the family of Coptic Christians who fast more than 200 days a year. According to him, his little fed, and once he even had to steal food from the supermarket. The head of the Egyptian family Shaker Hanna rejects accusations Americans, and claims that he spent an hour and a half on the table and eat at six portions. Hanna is confident that Jonathan invented all this history that his parents were able Mr.Doe some of the money orders for their son in the program to exchange students.

Despite the lack of food, Jonathan complained to parents, but they suspected something bad when I saw pictures considerably thin on his son's page on the site Facebook. The father believes that he was the victim of the so-called "Stockholm syndrome" in which people gain confidence in their tormentors.

Family accuses Makkalumov throughout the organization American Field Service, which deals with programs for the exchange of students, and plans to submit it to court.