The Wedding Veil

Weddings are an integral piece of Afghan culture for reasons ranging from its place as a status symbol in our society to it being a rite of passage for young Afghans. Families spend thousands of dollars planning the grand event while couples struggle to balance their wedding desires with familial pressures. Although there is a collective effort to stage the perfect wedding, not as much focus is put into the “after party” or the marriage itself. In this episode of Chai Sabz, we invited Ms. Ria Mushfiq, a talented Afghan-American wedding planner based in Atlanta, GA , to discuss her experience planning weddings as well as her thoughts on marriage in the Afghan diaspora.