'“So I was turned off a suitor when I saw his shoes. Despite the Arab warrior preference, I didn’t really care about looks. But I had a general rule: if the suitor came in wearing shoes with tassels, a leather jacket circa 1982, and/or a moustache, the doorknock appeal would fail from the outset. A girl has to have some standards, right?”
'It may be the 21st century, but who says courtship is obsolete? Coming from a (not-quite-traditional) Muslim family, 27-year-old Samira Abdel-Aziz knows all about it. But as an assistant at Bridal Bazaar magazine, she's pretty sick of all things wedding-related. Surely there’s more to life than suitors and marriage? Then Samira unwittingly becomes wedding gofer for her cousin/nemesis Zahra and her life begins to resemble a Spanish soap opera – minus the skimpy clothing and the bitch-slaps. This story is a light-hearted but honest peek into the life of a young, single Muslim woman living in Sydney – the joys of a blossoming romance (all very proper), the courtship rituals (so Jane Austen), the struggle with career and, of course, Arab Guilt.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
'Imagine it's your first date or in fact the first time you've even laid eyes on a potential suitor and it's all happening in your parents' lounge room over tea and biscuits!
'Amal Awad has written her first novel, Courting Samira, and it takes us on the dance of love that is Muslim courtship. [From the ABC webpage]
'Imagine it's your first date or in fact the first time you've even laid eyes on a potential suitor and it's all happening in your parents' lounge room over tea and biscuits!
'Amal Awad has written her first novel, Courting Samira, and it takes us on the dance of love that is Muslim courtship. [From the ABC webpage]