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An Interfaith Relationship

An Interfaith Relationship

When Joanna, a Christian, and Fadel, a Muslim, decided to embark on...

Marriage - Love over Long Distance

Marriage - Love over Long Distance

Sobia was living in London when she met Nassir in Glasgow. Through...

A Foundation of Faith

A Foundation of Faith

Naushad introduced Denise to Islam, and after embarking on her own...

The Best  of Friends

The Best of Friends

Having been married for 27 years, Yasmin and Firoz have built their...

A Blessed Union

A Blessed Union

Ayten and Khallad had never considered each other for marriage, until Khallad had an epiphany during an Umrah...

A New York Story

A New York Story

When Micha met Emery at the recent Wall Street protests in New York...

A Journey  of Faith

A Journey of Faith

Years after having shared a ‘spark’ as like-minded...

A Tale of Two Homelands

A Tale of Two Homelands

Volunteering from her homeland, Germany, Carola met Sudanese Jamal...

You've Got Mail

You've Got Mail

Cousins, Hamida and Sharif, did not expect to fall in love. Living...

Shared Values

Shared Values

A strong sense of duty and commitment unites Zahra and Miqdaad, who...

Second Chances

Second Chances

After going through difficult divorces with their former partners,...

Learning Love

Learning Love

Having met and married whilst at university in the USA, Sarah and...

Love and Lyrics

Love and Lyrics

Husband and wife duo, Aja and Samir from Hip-Hop group The...

Sharing Knowledge

Sharing Knowledge

After almost 10 years of marriage, Abbas and Shaheen decided to...

You’ve Got Mail - Yahya and Amina

You’ve Got Mail - Yahya and Amina

A month after a quick email exchange, Yahya and Amina had a small...

Enduring Love

Enduring Love

Asim and Sabina Rasib first met when they were only 17. Convinced...

Healing Hearts

Healing Hearts

Akeela and Nafeez have a combined passion to serve their community,...

Hijabman meets Logicwoman

Hijabman meets Logicwoman

A wacky redundant man and a meticulous divorced woman with a child &...

Yasmine and Mohamed - A Healthy Balance

Yasmine and Mohamed - A Healthy Balance

Despite finding marriage a challenge initially, Mohamed and Yasmine...

Translating Love

Translating Love

A chance visit to a tourism exhibition to find a holiday to...

A link to love

A link to love

After being introduced through family and corresponding over the...

Intersecting Paths

Intersecting Paths

After compromising on a 16 hour drive and meeting half way, Abdullah...

Marriage - Strength to Strength

Marriage - Strength to Strength

35 years into their marriage, Sabiha and Saif discuss how a...

Love Grows

Love Grows

25 years into their marriage, Samira and Wamiq discuss how their...

Abdul Rehman & Fareena

Abdul Rehman & Fareena

Abdul-Rehman, a Pakistani teacher from Canada and Fareena Alam, a...

The Keyboard to Happiness - Maryam and Mohamed

The Keyboard to Happiness - Maryam and Mohamed

Both divorced and each with a young child, Mohamed and Maryam weren&...

Muslim Marriage - Iffat & Jalal

Muslim Marriage - Iffat & Jalal

First Published on July/August 2004To access the issue page, click...

It had to be you

It had to be you

Sometimes you can’t plan who you want to marry. Fate and...

Mensur and Nese

Mensur and Nese

Nese: I met Mensur in October 1991 purely by coincidence. I was...

You Can Ring My Bell

You Can Ring My Bell

Not even the Atlantic Ocean could come between Ambrina and Zarrar;...

Muslim Marriage- Moadh & Hadia

Muslim Marriage- Moadh & Hadia

First featured in issue 5 - May/June 2004Click here to go...

Muslim Marriage: Shaheen & Faiz

Muslim Marriage: Shaheen & Faiz

Shaheen: Growing up, my mother always used to say to me, “You...

Keeping the Faith

Keeping the Faith

A reluctance to get married, work commitments and cultural...

Real Lives: Marriage

Real Lives: Marriage

Muslims are encouraged to get married, and every couple has a unique...

Taking a Gamble

Taking a Gamble

Masooma and Asghar agreed to marry each other, but only met...

Screaming in Tandem

Screaming in Tandem

Ali’s mum was living in Qatar but during a trip to London still...

A Faithful Union

A Faithful Union

Knowing that their Bosnian forefathers had struggled to practice...

Love Knows No Boundary

Love Knows No Boundary

Married for seven years, Raya and Issam live in two houses,...

A Day to Cherish

A Day to Cherish

Hizer and Sabiha had a wedding day that brought together a choir...

Graduating Together

Graduating Together

Marzyeh was young, free and ‘highly obnoxious’ but Eric was not...

Muslim Marriage- Imad & Sonwara

Muslim Marriage- Imad & Sonwara

SONWARA We were looking our best in our paintballing suits when...

Food for Thought

Food for Thought

After embracing Islam, Fatimah wasn’t looking for anything but...

From Lahore to London

From Lahore to London

Treading into the unknown, Rahila and Fazal bridged barriers by...

Samad and Kausar Ali: 40 Years of Marital Harmony

Samad and Kausar Ali: 40 Years of Marital Harmony

Marriage is a rewarding aspiration for Muslims, yet is not without&...

Marriage

Marriage

Basit and Shabana<BR>On the face of it they would not seem to...