Shelina chronicles her journey to find a husband and the challenges she faced finding someone suitable, from matchmaking aunties to online dating. This was a very easy read, and most of it was very relatable. The book also has stories from the Quran and highlights from the Prophet's (SAW) life, serving as a reminder to Shelina as well as us, the readers. Of course, we feel her frustrations at some of the rude and ridiculous behaviour some of these men are guilty of but alhamdulilah, by the end, despite her search still seemingly on, it comes to a satisfying end with her having found the one, despite the hopelessness that at times seemed to gnaw at her and her friends. Shelina's insights and her experiences as a single Muslim woman is one many of us will relate to and her anguish and frustration at the never ending rishtas, online dating, speed dating events all further make her and her friends come to the conclusion that there are no good Muslim men left. Its so refreshing because 1) Shelina is proud of her identity and is a practicing Muslim and 2) this doesn't feed into the narrative that Muslim women are oppressed and need saving and 3) its funny without meaning to. This was such an interesting insight into the life of a twenty something British Asian Muslim navigating life while searching for the one. Maybe she was feeling self-conscious about talking deets on her husband tho, i mean this is a published book, you can't escape the printed wordĪnyways, open invitation to shelina to share at my house if she's ever in the gta! i'll provide coffee and invite the girls over, it'll be fun She gets married at the end but it's like a two page affair, i was kinda disappointed we got almost nothing about The One after like 200 pages on Mr. really bad dates tho, i mean honestly some of the guys she got set up with? i went to confront my brother and be like yo, what is up with your gender, please justify the current state of the ummah)

she spends the next ten years growing up, thinking about how romantic love meshes with love of the divine and having a lot of really bad dates So shelina zahra janmohamed decided to try the arranged marriage route when she's nineteen.

This is such a chill book, it reminds of the last time my cousin invited me and a bunch of her msa friends over and we sat around snacking and chatting about life

Shelina zahra janmohamed