I was approached, a couple of months ago by a media company, about the wedding video I made for my cousin’s wedding. The company makes documentaries and would like to make a documentary about modern day Saudi couples in Jeddah getting married. They were, in my opinion, too optimistic, but then again I am a few years older than the major marrying demographic, so I might be a little out of touch with how things are and how willing people would be to participate in such projects.
What they would like to do is follow and video 10 couples from the beginning (when they meet) to the wedding day… I am not sure if this would be Saudi Bridezilla they want to video both the men and the women and document as much as they can.
I felt like it would be a good idea to put this info up in a post and to get some feedback. The following are some of the traditional/customary things that might happen and how a man and a woman get hitched.
Bear in mind that the process I have here is mostly what goes on in Jeddah, “Saudis” as lumped by the media (and some blogs claiming to be “The Authority” on everything Saudi), are not one entity.
