ME/NA Wedding dress Thread

[UmmSqueakster 54]

From the weddings I saw in Egypt, egyptian brides tend to wear 80s esque poofy gaudy western style wedding gowns. When we have a wedding party in Egypt for my husband's family, and a party here for my family, inshaAllah I'll have a much prettier, more modern western wedding gown with butterfly/poet sleeves.

For our religious ceremony, I wore a black, gulf style abaya with a purple scarf:

And for our ceremony here in the US, I wore a white abaya:

[melly 0]

Pretty Rahma.

The one thing that I'm most disappointed about is not being able to have our ceremony in the mosque while in Egypt.

I mean I guess we could have some kind of ceremony but the legal one is in that office building.

[UmmSqueakster 54]

Pretty Rahma.

The one thing that I'm most disappointed about is not being able to have our ceremony in the mosque while in Egypt.

I mean I guess we could have some kind of ceremony but the legal one is in that office building.

Well, we didn't register our marriage ceremony in Egypt (I know, fornicating ####### that I am, and shameless pimp that my husband is), so we just got married in a masjid.

Will you be having a wedding party though? That's the fun part. I got to see several wedding parties in Egypt. The street we lived on in Cairo the first time around had weddings for a week straight, until 6 am, lol. inshaAllah DH and I will have one of those someday when we can scrape together the $$$$. We already have the place - the fanciest restaurant in my husband's hometown, all outdoors, with giant, movie theatre sized screens to play music videos, a stage and a dance floor. I daydream about it all the time I'm hoping to stop off in Turkey first to pick up a wedding dress. Or, maybe the hijab craze will continue in Egypt and I'll be able to find a decent dress there:

http://www.brudekjole.net/products.asp?cat=15

[Ban Hammer 13,206]

Well, we didn't register our marriage ceremony in Egypt (I know, fornicating ####### that I am, and shameless pimp that my husband is), so we just got married in a masjid.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

Well, we didn't register our marriage ceremony in Egypt (I know, fornicating ####### that I am, and shameless pimp that my husband is), so we just got married in a masjid.

Advertising your sins in public is not proper adab.

[doodlebug 3]

That reminds me, on New Years Day night (that sounds weird), we were on that big bridge that crosses the Nile and we saw four bridal parties walking the bridge. The women wore big poofy, but pretty gowns.

[UmmSqueakster 54]

Guess I'll see on the Day of Judgment how Allah (swt) judges my husband and I for our actions. I don't feel I have anything to worry about in that regard. Too bad everyone else will be so worried about their own impending judgment that someone won't be there to see the results

Now, what is really concerns me is if we should have the faux ancient egyptian wedding procession that the restuarant offers

[melly 0]

Now, what is really concerns me is if we should have the faux ancient egyptian wedding procession that the restuarant offers

Wow, do you have any pictures to share of that? I can't imagine what that would involve.

[doodlebug 3]

Oh is this true confessions? I could tell you all things that would make your hair curl!!!

[Henia 11]

Gaudy but gorgeous

[melly 0]

Oh is this true confessions? I could tell you all things that would make your hair curl!!!

Wait wait wait!! Let me cover my eyes first!!!

[Sofiyya 1,687]

Advertising your sins in public is bad adab. Allah's law, not mine.

[UmmSqueakster 54]

Now, what is really concerns me is if we should have the faux ancient egyptian wedding procession that the restuarant offers

Wow, do you have any pictures to share of that? I can't imagine what that would involve.

Unfortunately not. We were having dinner at this fancy outdoors restaurant with my MIL and SIL when the wedding started up. They were wearing kinda stereotypical faux ancient egyptian garb, lots of gold lame, white loin clothes, palm fans

Saudi Aramco did an article on Egyptian weddings awhile back - http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/1995...gs.in.egypt.htm

[Henia 11]

Pretty Rahma.

The one thing that I'm most disappointed about is not being able to have our ceremony in the mosque while in Egypt.

I mean I guess we could have some kind of ceremony but the legal one is in that office building.

Well, we didn't register our marriage ceremony in Egypt (I know, fornicating ####### that I am, and shameless pimp that my husband is), so we just got married in a masjid.

Will you be having a wedding party though? That's the fun part. I got to see several wedding parties in Egypt. The street we lived on in Cairo the first time around had weddings for a week straight, until 6 am, lol. inshaAllah DH and I will have one of those someday when we can scrape together the $$$$. We already have the place - the fanciest restaurant in my husband's hometown, all outdoors, with giant, movie theatre sized screens to play music videos, a stage and a dance floor. I daydream about it all the time I'm hoping to stop off in Turkey first to pick up a wedding dress. Or, maybe the hijab craze will continue in Egypt and I'll be able to find a decent dress there:

http://www.brudekjole.net/products.asp?cat=15

yes nice dresses... i like these alot... simple yet pretty

ANd Rahma uh oooooooo get ready for forincator comments LOL (hmmm reminds me of my wedding last Sept )

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]