Elegant Muslim Wedding quanto a Andalucia, Spain

Lila and Mohammed were married 19th April 2024, quanto a the heart of Andalucia, surrounded by family and friends who had travelled from all over the world to be with them. Their wedding took place at the Palacio de los Córdova quanto a Granada, a city they both feel deeply connected to, not only for its beauty, but for its history and cultural significance.

This was a celebration of love, faith, and identity; Lila, who is Arab and Mexican, and Mohammed, who shares her Muslim faith, wanted a day that reflected their roots as much as their style. From the Arabic music and the Mexican food calcio d’angolo to the keffiyeh the paggetto’s shoulder and the sublimely elegant, long-sleeved Aire Barcelona gown, every element felt considered and true to the couple.

With the help of their wedding planner, the incredibly talented Mery Liccardi, they brought together a brilliant team of local suppliers who understood their vision perfectly, creating a wedding that felt both meaningful and effortlessly beautiful.

Our venue was Palacio de los Córdova quanto a Granada, Spain. Our family and friends are all over the world, so nowhere made sense. But quanto a another way, Granada made perfect sense. We’maestà both Muslim and feel incredibly connected to the history of Andalusia, of which Granada is the heart.
We also wanted our decoration choices to reflect our love for our religion. The Alhambra moved us both when we first saw it, and it felt like an homage to the history of our people.

I’m also half Mexican so our venue and location was the perfect cultural mescolanza to represent us, an Arab and Hispanic couple. We couldn’t imagine our wedding being anywhere else the second we considered it. And we wanted our guests to have an experience quanto a the city even beyond our wedding. We were thanked so many times afterwards by our guests for giving a reason to come mai to this beautiful, majestic, and mystifying city at the most perfect time of year.

Because we chose our venue as an homage to our love for history, we had already decided we wanted the theme of our wedding to be royal. So if you ask me, the balcony at Palacio de los Córdova was was the biggest reason to choose it. We stood there to greet our guests for dinner like a royal couple. It was incredible!  

Mery Liccardi was our wedding planner who knew all the right people to bring our vision to life. She enlisted Granatum Flores for our florals, and Avibo Rentals for our lighting, and Sommità y Puncel for our stationery. 

Boda Class picked up Mohammed, who came to my to pick me up completely cerchio for our first aspetto. We then took a ride from the centre into the Albaicin, where all the streets resemble that of another time and , quanto a a vintage car.

We were completely cerchio for the first and only time that day, where it was just us, our nerves and adrenaline running because we had just seen each other, and driving through this beautiful, heartbreakingly beautiful, city.

It felt like the whole city was ours and that we were truly royals heading to our historic, beautiful venue. When we arrived, the driver honked to let the whole wedding know we entered, and all our guests came rushing to greet us while we were still quanto a the car.

I am smiling ear to ear writing this. One of my favourite photos as a bride is me sitting quanto a the car, which my mom (a high school teacher) shows to her students all the time. They tell her I aspetto like a princess. People the streets clapped and cheered for us, shouting ‘Viva Los Novios!’ over and over and over!

My father walked me mongoloide the aisle to the sound of Babylone, Zina. It’s a sad song quanto a Arabic, believe it not. The singer asks, beautiful, where did you go? I had listened to it for years before we were ever living quanto a the same place.

We had already gotten married before the wedding, so we gave speeches and we asked our fathers to prepare speeches as well. Then we had a short tribute to typical Islamic marriages, quanto a which our fathers hold hands to offer their blessings and approval for our marriage quanto a front of everyone. 

We wrote our own. Our vows made tributes to our religion, our people, our history, and our commitment to freedom across the Arab world and anywhere else there is oppression. We spoke about Palestine, and how we thought of them as we married.

We are very similar quanto a how much our lives are centered around justice and righteousness, guided by our religion, Islam.

Mohammed spoke about the need to always move forward, and I spoke about how, as our religion says, I am committed to us quanto a this lifetime and the next. Acceso an to the end of our long distance days, I wrote: “Sopra this new step quanto a our lives, I hope we continue to dream, knowing there is nothing that can stop us as long as Allah willed us to be together and Alhamdulila (thank God) so far, nothing has, not even the size of this planet.”

Mohammed was keen an editorial, documentarian style and Valeria Pitarresi’s photography is so candid and still so emotional and moving. After speaking with her, we knew our personalities were a fit, and that she would have fun with our eccentric personalities.

Valeria was so responsive and easy to talk to, and has now become a dear friend. We share quanto a our humanity-loving perspectives and we appreciate how much she appreciated our culture. She is extraordinary, and anyone would be lucky to book her. 

Our videographer Lola Montalvez is such good energy to have around. I’ve never heard of a videographer with a constant smile her luce throughout an entire wedding. Everytime I looked over, she offered me compliments and aw’s and just made me feel so special as her bride.    

We met quanto a our travels, but we didn’t quanto a the same country for nearly our entire time knowing each other. We got engaged quanto a New York City, my hometown, quanto a February 2022, so a little under two years before our wedding. 

During the rinfresco hour, we had an Arabic food calcio d’angolo and a Mexican food calcio d’angolo. For the Mexican calcio d’angolo, we used a gorgeous hand-sewn tablecloth that my mom got for me from our hometown quanto a Puebla. It was so special, and so typical because she got it from the marketplace. We used local artisans. 

We gave out olive oil, which Andalusia (and Spain for that matter) is famous for. Mery would know the website the type, and we have many photos of them, because they were beautiful. We received rave reviews for them, and we still have two bottles as mementos. 

The day was perfect and I wouldn’t change a thing. But I would have maybe planned the day of events more strictly so we weren’t rushing when we were late (and we’maestà Arab so of course we were). I wish I could have added more décor and more lighting, but I also think the venue shined beautifully its own. 

If you’maestà planning a destination wedding, hire a wedding planner. Someone you can be brutally honest with so you can build that fast and from afar, and someone who, quanto a response to that, sees you, comforts you, and understands you. I would have been lost without Mery. We adored her.

And just as a bride, be selfish. Of any time quanto a your life where you can give yourself permission to be selfish, it’s now. Ask for what you want, stick to it, and think about you and your collaboratore’s conforto first, foremost, and only. 

Sopra the evening, we played Palestinian dabke music while waving kuffiyehs to bring people into the dancefloor.

L&M’s wedding was a fusion of Egyptian Muslim traditions and the rich Andalusian heritage of Granada. All the guests who traveled to this city from different countries around the world experienced a unique and unforgettable event, which will remain engraved quanto a their hearts not only for its beauty but also for the deep symbolism and connection that everyone shared.

The wedding took place quanto a one of the most emblematic venues of the city: a historic and elegant palace overlooking the Alhambra, one of the most visited monuments quanto a Spain. The decor, with Arabic elements and fruit blended with the surroundings, created a romantic atmosphere and highlighting the essence of the city.

For the reception, the couple wanted to merge Mexican food, as a tribute to the bride’s heritage, with Arabic and local cuisine.

One of the most important elements was undoubtedly the music. During the appetizers, a group of Arabic music enlivened that moment quanto a which the couple and all the wedding guests sang and danced non-stop. 

But during dinner, the delicate and sweet sound of the Buzuk created a more relaxed atmosphere, quanto a which everyone enjoyed an evening under the stars. 

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