00:30 – What we thought was love

04:20 – Our present marriage compared to the past

06:27 – Conflict management

08:51 – How we understand love now

11:59 – Attraction and Spiritual connection: we have criteria but feeling affinity for each other could be inspiration from Allah

13:42 – Looking for partners and personal expectations

20:45 – Starting Marriage aware of our weaknesses

22:38 – Societal expectations: money, status, etc.

28:02 – When the other does things we don’t like

31:51 – Parents, in laws and wedding day

38:10 – UK Muslim Marriage crisis and Love literacy

46:31 – Being authentic in a world of fakes

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WHO ARE WE?

William is a Sociology Researcher at the University of Warwick working on Muslim experiences in Europe and North America.Javayria works in Higher Education and has a History degree from SOAS in South Asian History

REFRENCESbell hooks, All about Love, 2000, HarperFull PDF here: https://wtf.tw/ref/hooks.pdf Mentioned hadiths about weddings:https://www.abuaminaelias.com/dailyhadithonline/2014/04/15/nikah-best-easy/ The most blessed marriage (nikah) is the one with the least expenses.” (al-Bayhaqi in his Shu'ab al-Iman & Mishkat al-Masabih