Category Archives: Marriage

Hyphenated Names– for Women Only?

I’ve wanted to write this rant for months, and now I’ve succumbed to the urge.   Hyphenated names for non-Muslim  women make no sense to me.  They are long, phonetically awkward, and cumersome to write. They suggest that the poor woman didn’t … Continue reading

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In the Beginning…

In the Beginning… During my eighth month in Riyadh, 1986, I fell in love with an Egyptian man. He was Muslim; I was Christian. Neither one of us allowed that to get in the way of the natural course of … Continue reading

Posted in Cross-Cultural Relationships, Engagement, Life, Marriage, Saudi Arabia | 23 Comments