We continue with Sana and Shahzeb’s wedding feature and share some words and visuals on Sana’s Rukhsati wedding reception. For those of you who have been following this series, we love you and welcome you back. Those who are new, you are most probably confused and wondering if you have accidentally just walked into a South Asian wedding site. We want to assure you that such is not the case. Alhum ...

  If you are reading this for the first time, please stop and go back to our very first post in this series, which started with Sana and Shahzeb’s Mayoun-Manjha event. Unless you hate the sight of yellow, cultural events, and/or don’t care about wholesome bridal henna application tips. Then it is okay, but seriously we should warn you that it would be like reading the third part in a book series. F ...

  Next in our series of Sana and Shahzeb’s wedding events is the Bridal Henna/Mehndi application day. We weren’t really sure if this should be included in our feature of main events. But since it included a special dedicated space, chair, table, hair dryers, lots of picture taking, and involved an entire day with a team of bridal Slavelves (singular. Slavelf - a term thought of but not necessarily ...

  Asalaamu Alaikum Everyone! As promised earlier, we are sharing with you our experience of wedding planning and attending our sister and new found brother (also TMB team members') Sana and Shahzeb's wedding events. The events took place in the slightly cold winter of December 2011. If any of you were praying for snow in the third week of December in Michigan and you were sad that it didn't happen, we ...

  AsalaamuAlaikum Everyone and a Happy New Year! We are back from our brief sabbatical. As mentioned earlier on our Facebook page, we have not forgotten about you!  We just got extremely busy planning the December wedding for one of our sisters who is also a member of ‘The Muslim Bride’ team. Alhumdulilah everything went well. InshaAllah we will try to share our experiences and pictures for differ ...

  There is a lot to consider when setting a stage for any kind of bridal event. Such as the backdrop, the seating arrangements for the bridal couple, the family, the overall décor and ambiance.  An expert event planner would also consider the space around the bridal seating area for a group shot in case it takes place.  A factor that is perhaps overlooked many times when a professional designer or a ...

  We could all use some fashion inspirations as we attend many other smaller events leading up to the main bridal events in the coming weeks and months. To get started, let's look at some beautiful fashion photo shoots done by the talented and aspiring fashion photographer Rabia Mirza. Below Rabia shares with us some of her favorite photographs and tells us a little about her interest in photography ...

  One thing is clear friends and that is MashaAllah, we have some amazing talented female photographers in our community. Today we want to introduce you to the beautiful work of Uzma Ansari of Uzbin Photography.  One of our favorites is the lady holding the turmeric thali with burning candles. The strong chiaroscuro effects makes it such a great shot in our opinion. Below, Uzma shares with us her ...

  We are in love with this pretty in pink bridal ghoonghat (veil) shot by Amna Hakim. Isn't it just so dreamy and magical!?      Photo provided by Amna Hakim Photography for The Muslim Bride     ...

   Don’t know about you, but after all this snow The Muslim Bride can’t wait for summer to arrive! To give us hope that yes, there will be real sunshine in our future as well as to provide an inspiration to all of you planning a summer wedding, our friend in the west coast, Saadia Kibriya of The Kismet Events sent us these beautiful sunny California multi-ethnic wedding photographs. So sit back, relax ...