Arabic Weddings have changed greatly in the past 100 years. Old-style Arabic weddings were very comparable to modern-day Bedouin weddings and rural weddings, and they were unique from one region to another, even within the same country.
The marriage process typically starts with meetings between the couple’s families, and ends with the wedding’s consummation (leilat al-dokhla). For a wedding to be considered Islamic, the bride and groom must both consent, and the groom is welcomed into the bride’s house—though only in the presence of her parents to maintain purity between both sides.
