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I was very moved by the book, and immediately started to worry how my two daughters will find their beloveds. They are second-generation Muslims in their early twenties, European through and through. I had it easy. I had an arranged marriage by my shaykh who had guided both my husband and me to Islam. Arranged No2 on the scale in the book. We met, and 48 hours later were married Islamically. We both came with a lot of baggage from our gahiliyya days, but al-hamdu li-llaah, we are still in love 23 years on. But we weren't to begin with! All we had in common was that we loved Allah deeply and had a great yearning to make our lives pleasing to Him. In daily life we are opposites. Our children are always saying how grateful they are that we are not the same. Two of either of us would be a nightmare. I think the readers deserve to know whether Nasreen has found her beloved since publication. You can't make us suffer with you and not update us!