I understand the frustration
I get a lot of emails and majority of them have a common theme. I know the frustration and lack of knowledge of a culture that makes everyone wonder why. Do I recommend you falling in love with someone with the boiling blood of a middle eastern? Do I recommend you falling in love with someone who loves you but the culture cannot fathom you both together?
Actually, I get a lot of emails from non-Arab men. They ask me for advice because they cannot understand how they fell in love with an Arab girl, but her family says no. I do not have an answer for that other than Arabs live in their cultural comfort zones. They love tradition, their culture, their middle eastern heritage, and only understand and want one to be the same.
I know you will say that it is the girl’s choice. I am marrying the girl not the family. Hello! Yes you are marrying the family, but for us Arabs, you are marrying the entire culture! It’s like seeing life in black and white. There is no middle ground for us. If you can break old habits and mesh in some way and be accepted, then you are successful. Otherwise, it is just so hard. It’s like Greeks and Italians and other eastern European countries. It’s a culture that is so intact and close to one another, that it is hard to penetrate.
I do feel your pain though. I really do. However, the other person should have been clear from the beginning before all this escalated to this point. I don’t know what else to say. It’s just a hard situation to deal with. Really hard.
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love…bla bla…they ‘fell in love with an arab girl..’ because its intriguing…we strive for what we cant have, its intresting. And you really think that somebody acttually loves their own culture? its all about freedom, beliefs and most of all being terrified of an invisibla Man in the clouds thats ready to slap and punish everybody that doesnt believe. we have that so deep carved in our bones that its not even funny anymore…im begining to think ‘red ridin hood’ is a better story then that…
I am sorry 4 those men ,but thank God 4 my mother in law ..she is the best
n btw they r very traditional but thank God they r open minded …the only advice I have 4 non Arab men loving a Arab girl is u must really love her more then anything n then next u must really love her mom n pray alot …n inshallah n ya RAB it will work ,if u love some1 more then anything ,never give up 
)) Salams
It’s absolutely a pain especially if it’s too late. I’ve seen many lives ruined because of small cultural differences. I think the best think to do is to try to understand each other’s cultures and work on something that doesn’t heart either parts. But i’ve definitely seen many happy couples who have different cultures and religions, and like charlie said: if you really love someone, then you’ll be able sacrifice to make him or her happy.