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World of Wisdom: Finding love in an arranged marriage

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06/01/2024 GMT

Finding love in an arranged marriage

BBC World Service - World of Wisdom, Finding love in an arranged marriage

How do you sustain love in a relationship when your partner has been chosen for you?

How do you sustain love in an arranged marriage when you do not share the values and interests of your partner? Jamal Rahman offers advice to a man from Uzbekistan.

In this first edition of the year a man from Uzbekistan wants to understand how to find love in his arranged marriage. He believes in the life-long commitment he has made but finds it difficult to connect in a deep way to the partner he has married. After over a decade together he feels that he does not share the values and interests of his wife. Sufi imam Jamal Rahman offers advice.

Presenter: Sana Safi 
Producers: Zoe Gelber and Charlie Taylor

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