Thursday, February 19, 2009

Love - Muslim style



An amusing real life account of an arranged marriage with a happy ending!

Young British Muslim Shelina Zahra Janmohamed, 34, chose to take the traditional ‘arranged’ route to finding a partner, despite having liberal parents and many Western friends. Her hilarious first book, Love In A Headscarf, charts her ten-year journey to find ‘The One’, Muslim style, with more than 50 dates and plenty of heartache, laughter and learning experiences along the way.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Foreign husbands, foreign wives

Interesting article about changing dynamics of arranged marriages in Pakistan:

Given the burgeoning Pakistani communities across the globe, expatriate marriages are only likely to increase. Similarly, because foreign citizenship confers economic potential, it is likely to remain a denominator in considering the worth of a future match