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The Money You Will Never See Again: Lending to Family Already read

Common Problems 9 min read

The Money You Will Never See Again: Lending to Family

It was supposed to be six months. Four years later the money has not come back, the brother avoids t...

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Whose Family This Eid? The Quiet War of the Holidays Already read

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Whose Family This Eid? The Quiet War of the Holidays

The argument was never really about Eid. It was about a woman who had spent nine years watching her...

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When She Earns More Than Him: Money, Pride and What the Religion Actually Says Already read

Common Problems 11 min read

When She Earns More Than Him: Money, Pride and What the Reli...

She got the promotion on a Tuesday and did not tell him until the following Friday week. That delay...

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Living Under One Roof: Marriage When His Family Is in the Next Room Already read

Common Problems 12 min read

Living Under One Roof: Marriage When His Family Is in the Ne...

They had been married four months and had never once had a conversation at normal volume. The corrid...

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Sending Money Home: Supporting Parents Without Breaking Your Marriage Already read

Married Life 11 min read

Sending Money Home: Supporting Parents Without Breaking Your...

On the third of every month he stood in the kitchen making the transfer, and she had stopped asking...

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The Indonesian and Malay Wedding: Akad Nikah, Hantaran and Bersanding Already read

Marriage Preparation 12 min read

The Indonesian and Malay Wedding: Akad Nikah, Hantaran and B...

He had practised it for three weeks. One sentence, one breath, in front of everyone — and if he stum...

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The Sudanese Wedding: The Jirtig, the Groom's Henna and the Subhiya Already read

Marriage Preparation 11 min read

The Sudanese Wedding: The Jirtig, the Groom's Henna and the...

Two friends held his hands still while a third drew the henna, and Mo'taz laughed so hard the patter...

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The Tunisian Wedding: The Outia, the Hammam and the Week of Nights Already read

Marriage Preparation 11 min read

The Tunisian Wedding: The Outia, the Hammam and the Week of...

The trays came down the street with the drums in front of them. Amira counted eleven. Her aunt, with...

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The Algerian Wedding: The Fatiha, the Chedda and the Seven Days Already read

Marriage Preparation 13 min read

The Algerian Wedding: The Fatiha, the Chedda and the Seven D...

Yamina had been married six years when a clerk told her, politely, that as far as the state was conc...

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