Marriage

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Sexual and reproductive health and rights
Society
Live Story

Mawadda: The platform empowering Arab women on sexual health

In a culture where sex is often shrouded in shame, Mawadda is a platform that opens doors for Arab women to embrace their sexual health with confidence

Shefa'a Qudah
07 January, 2026
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Film Interview
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Exploring love and memory in Sarah Francis' Dead Dog

Mariana Hristova

Mariana Hristova

11 December, 2025
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dating
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

From coffee dates to I do: The lessons of Love is Blind: Habibi

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

24 October, 2024
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Netflix
Film, TV & Music
Culture
Live Story

Did Netflix's Honeymoonish fail to appease its Arab audience?

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Yousra Samir Imran

18 October, 2024
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Egypt
Society
Live Story

Cohabiting before marriage: Is this the future of love in Egypt?

Amr Emam

Amr Emam

26 September, 2024
Pakistan Proposal
university
Offbeat
Live Story

WATCH: Pakistan couple expelled by university for public proposal

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 March, 2021
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wedding
MENA
Live Story

Small is beautiful: Gaza's toned-down Covid-era weddings

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 November, 2020
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Muslim.
MENA
Live Story

Al-Azhar professor says comments on inter-faith marriage were misunderstood

The New Arab Staff
20 November, 2020
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sex
Society
Live Story

A Match Made In Heaven: Muslim women talk desire

The New Arab Staff

Tahmina Begum

18 November, 2020
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Middle East
Society
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Middle East matchmaking: The rise of online dating

22 July, 2020
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religion
MENA
Live Story

Get married or get taxed, Iranian cleric proposes

The New Arab Staff
08 June, 2020
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weddings
MENA
Live Story

UAE launches online weddings amid coronavirus lockdown

The New Arab & agencies
12 April, 2020
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women's rights
Society
Live Story

British Muslim women need to know this about marriage

The New Arab Staff

Tahmina Begum

05 March, 2020
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UK
MENA
Live Story

UK appeal court rules Islamic marriages 'invalid' in Britain

The New Arab & agencies
15 February, 2020
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technology
Society
Live Story

How Muslim millennials are taking charge of their matchmaking

Diana Alghoul

Diana Alghoul

14 February, 2020
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party
MENA
Live Story

Mauritania arrests 10 men after purported gay wedding

The New Arab & agencies
31 January, 2020
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Twitter
MENA
Live Story

Saudis outraged after Saudi woman marries American non-Muslim

The New Arab
08 January, 2020
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UAE
MENA
Live Story

UAE candidate promises to promote polygamy to 'cure spinsterhood'

The New Arab
09 September, 2019
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Marriage
MENA
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Bangladesh to remove 'virgin' categorisation from Muslim marriage certificates

The New Arab
27 August, 2019
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women
MENA
Live Story

Iraqi woman receives $3 million in dowry

The New Arab
11 June, 2019
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Ozil
MENA
Live Story

Footballer Ozil to fund surgery for 1,000 children

The New Arab
08 June, 2019