Arranged marriage Quote by Maziar Bahari

“All business in Iran is like first time sex: first there are the promises, then a little foreplay, followed by more promises and perhaps…

— Hooman Majd

“In the Middle Eastern culture the arranged marriage is comparable to a degrading one-night stand, only with a religious cover.”

— Amany Al-Hallaq

Arranged marriage is a business in which the parents choose the husband or wife for their lunatic child.

— Bhaskar Mukharjee

“Thanks to arranged marriages: There are countless women who have never been their husband's girlfriend.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“I had an arranged marriage. If I didn’t, how would anybody know when and where to show up?”

— Jarod Kintz

Iranian women are very consciously aware of gender-explicit oppression. Therefore: with so much more at stake, Iranian women have each other's back: on the…

— Inga Muscio

“Nigeria is not alone, either in the prevalence of child marriage or in attempts to end the practice. In September 2008, Moroccan officials closed…

— Robert Spencer

“The marriage ceremony is sexist beyond parody. The bride appears in a fussy white dress that symbolizes her virtue and virginity, and everyone keeps…

— Neel Burton

“When Sweetu wasn’t being reduced to merely existing as a bride, as a piece of meat to be handled and prodded, to have decorative…

— Scaachi Koul

Marriage, as practised by high society, is arranged indecency.

— Nicolas Chamfort

I remember watching an Iranian film, 'A Separation.' When the film ended, I felt like going to Iran, getting that family together, hug them…

— Shoojit Sircar

“There is no relationship. Women, like men, women, children, babies hamsters. This is the Google Translate of the quote in Persian, above.”

— Alice Thomas Ellis