Dear ArabLounge,

Yes...it truly was an amazing experience. After so many helpless & hopeless 'hook ups' of aunts & uncles or friends & cousins who know someone who knows someone...we found each other on Arablounge.com!

I often wondered if my counterpart existed. Someone who was born & raised with the same culture, traditions, & values that I was raised believing and trusting...someone who wanted to uphold and respect the expectation set by our Parents & Grandparents but wanted autonomy and the ability to 'find' that person on our own...on our own accord. Someone who understood my contemporary & traditional personality and characteristics...

I saw his picture on a profile and he was wearing a t-shirt that said, 'Define Girlfriend.' I laughed hysterically & thought it was brilliant; so I e-mailed him. He e-mailed me back with his phone number and the rest is history. I was destined to be with this man for the rest of my life...and he felt the same way.

- Samia & Ramez