I Want to Get Married!: One Wannabe Bride's Misadventures with Handsome Houdinis, Technicolor Grooms, Morality Police, and Other Mr. Not Quite Rights
by Ghada Abdel Aal
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The rules may differ from country to country, but the dating game is a universal constant. After years of searching for Mr. Right in living-room meetings arranged by family or friends, Ghada Abdel Aal, a young Egyptian professional, decided to take to the blogosphere to share her experiences and vent her frustrations at being young, single, and female in Egypt. Her blog, I Want to Get Married!, quickly became a hit with both men and women in the Arab world. With a keen sense of humor and show more biting social commentary, Abdel Aal recounts in painful detail her adventures with failed proposals and unacceptable suitors. There's Mr. Precious, who storms out during their first meeting when he feels his favorite athlete has been slighted, and another suitor who robs her in broad daylight, to name just a few of the characters she runs across in her pursuit of wedded bliss. I Want to Get Married! has since become a best-selling book in Egypt and the inspiration for a television series. This witty look at dating challenges skewed representations of the Middle East and presents a realistic picture of what it means to be a single young woman in the Arab world, where, like elsewhere, a good man can be hard to find. show lessTags
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Vrouw zoekt man. In het moderne Egypte geen eenvoudige opgaaf. Mannen lijken wel een schaars goed. Zeker wanneer je als vrouw hoogopgeleid en zelfstandig bent. Ergens verzucht Ghada Abdel Aal dat het vroeger allemaal beter was, toen de huwelijken nog gearrangeerd werden. Nu zit er niets anders op dan steeds zef initiatief te nemen (niet te opzichtig, natuurlijk) en zelf in de stress te zitten.
Ik heb hardop gelachen. Ik heb me verbaasd. Ik heb meegeleefd. Ik heb genoten. En ik heb er veel van opgestoken.
Ik heb hardop gelachen. Ik heb me verbaasd. Ik heb meegeleefd. Ik heb genoten. En ik heb er veel van opgestoken.
"I Want to Get Married" by Ghada Abdel Aal is a delightful perspective on the trials and tribulations of dating and seeking a spouse in contemporary Egypt. Originally written as a blog in Arabic, French, and English, it became wildly popular in Egypt among single men and women. The book adaptation was equally popular and now it's available in English. The author does not spare herself embarrassment, freely admitting to the intense competition and comparison games by single women. She skewers Arab men and Egyptian society for its masculine bias and hypocrisy, while not sparing the women. This will be enjoyed by any single person trying find the 'right one' or people that used to be single.
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- I Want to Get Married!: One Wannabe Bride's Misadventures with Handsome Houdinis, Technicolor Grooms, Morality Police, and Other Mr. Not Quite Rights
- Original title
- ʻĀyzah atjawaz
- Original publication date
- 2008
- People/Characters
- Ghada Abdel Aal
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- Cairo, Egypt
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- Say your bismillahs and stick with me step by step.
- Original language
- Arabic
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- 949,584
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- 2
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- (3.75)
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- Dutch, English, German
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