THE FORBIDDEN WIFE
THE FORBIDDEN WIFE · My Years with Sheikh Khalid of Dubai
The bestseller sold more than 60,000 copies in Switzerland and for weeks it headed the Swiss bestseller list!
The moving story of forbidden love – fascinating and exotic – like a story from the Arabian Nights.
The young Swiss girl Verena is in England to improve her English. There she meets the attractive and mysterious student Khalid. They fall in love, but from the very beginning their relationship seems doomed.
One day Khalid confesses to Verena that he is a member of one of the seven ruling families in the United Arab Emirates. He knows that his family would never accept Verena as his wife, as many years before it was decided that Khalid would one day marry his cousin.
But there is no obstacle strong enough to destroy Khalid’s and Verena’s love for each other. For the next ten years they meet in secret and try to give their relationship a chance. But the cultural differences, too, make themselves more and more apparent: in Switzerland Khalid feels like a stranger, and in the Arab world Verena is unable to conform to the way women are regarded in Arab society. Again and again they separate, but it seems impossible for them to make a final break.
This results in every separation being followed by a new meeting – in Greece, in Egypt, in the Emirates. And when Verena once again visits Khalid in his homeland, they decide to stand up for their love and put an end to the game of hide-and-seek. Khalid asks Verena to become his wife, and they are married by an imam.
It now seems as though nothing will stand in the way of their happiness, but before long new problems are lying in wait for them. Khalid’s family has begun to make preparations for his wedding – for he is still betrothed to his cousin.
This leaves Verena in the role of wife number two, which is something she cannot accept. She does not want to share Khalid with another wife, and she knows that she has no chance of happiness if she stays with him. So in the end she makes her final decision: to leave Khalid and the Emirates and to begin a new life in Switzerland.
For years after their separation Verena refused to have any contact with Khalid, who meanwhile had become an internationally successful businessman. Last year he sent her an email telling her that although there was no hope for their relationship, she was still the great love of his life.
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Verena Wermuth was born in 1965, attended the College of Applied Arts in Zurich and trained as an interior decorator. Today she is married to a Swiss and lives near Zurich.
JUST FINISHED THIS BOOK AND MUST SAY:IT IS AMAZING.
SENTI!!!
CHARAN!!!!!
TALK ABOUT LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*Create your own destiny,fighting against your dark sides,raise your
spirituality.Every day is a new day.A new life.
Keep the faith!*
or G/F = God Father
...... GF= Grand father ? lol
"Drink Beer Save Water"
See how a lving G/F turns out to be a man eater in 10 years;)
yeah.strange.turned from a love and romance story to a men eating tragedy.ohhmmmm.
CHARAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU STARTED IT!!!!!!
YOU TROUBLEMAKER
LOL
*Create your own destiny,fighting against your dark sides,raise your
spirituality.Every day is a new day.A new life.
Keep the faith!*
Gone with the Wind ;)
SG where is ur topic ? you eat yourself ? lol
"Drink Beer Save Water"
:-D
*Create your own destiny,fighting against your dark sides,raise your
spirituality.Every day is a new day.A new life.
Keep the faith!*
swiss just yanking your chain...lol....charan has spelt it out for you..lol
do it right - the first time!
;-D
*Create your own destiny,fighting against your dark sides,raise your
spirituality.Every day is a new day.A new life.
Keep the faith!*
You are not up to date. There is a rumour that some vietnamese ate a nepali worker in the industrial area not long ago.
When you mentioned that you want to eat me............. go and figure out the rest.
Vietnamese relatives?
Hmmmmm
....
as far as i know...not
but just as far as I know
lol
*Create your own destiny,fighting against your dark sides,raise your
spirituality.Every day is a new day.A new life.
Keep the faith!*
i can.lol.take care.i will be your shadow,always behind you and at the right time...
:-D
*Create your own destiny,fighting against your dark sides,raise your
spirituality.Every day is a new day.A new life.
Keep the faith!*
catch me if you can :)
swissgirl do you have any vietnamese relatives.....jk..lol
(based on your last statement )
do it right - the first time!
In case i catch you i will shake your body and slap you and punch you and...!!!!Eat you alive!!!!!
LOL
*Create your own destiny,fighting against your dark sides,raise your
spirituality.Every day is a new day.A new life.
Keep the faith!*
"This one i have has 310 pages and i finished it in 3 hrs."
Super express reading (by fliping 5 pages at a time) anybody can do that.
He married a girl, took vows and oaths and then he left her. What a chicken. He should not have married her in the first place. Atleast he should have the balls to stand up for his wife. To me marriage is something very holy and sacred. One you accept someone as your wife/partner you have to stand by her in think and thin. and if you cannot than you should not marry her.
based on my own experience its much easier to break a tradition if you are higher up in the social and /or professional order.its probably easier for a sheikh to do it than it would be for a commoner
just my two cents worth.
do it right - the first time!
In royal families things are really different.. thats the way they're meant to be... status issues...
hmmm.do you think a male member from the sheik family can so easily marry a simple swiss woman?at least a non muslima?i think no way for him.
*Create your own destiny,fighting against your dark sides,raise your
spirituality.Every day is a new day.A new life.
Keep the faith!*
3Hrs????
It would take me atleast 3 days to complete 300pages...
During one of my vacations i was on a train journey for 4 days... thats what helped my complete DaVinci Code.. otherwise i'd still b living with those incomplete stories in mind...
newyz . thanx.. ill try to buy it online...
i dont know if it is sold in Doha.Think the best thing is to order it through an online shop.I buyd it here in Switzerland.
And yes,give it a try.It is fantastic and you can stop reading till you arrived on the last page.This one i have has 310 pages and i finished it in 3 hrs.
:-D
*Create your own destiny,fighting against your dark sides,raise your
spirituality.Every day is a new day.A new life.
Keep the faith!*
where do I get this book?? Im not much into readin... but i do @ times... but neva completes any.. Da Vinci code is the only one I completed so far... This sounds interesting.. so i'd give it a shot.. ;)
UFFAAAHHHH!!!!!!
*Create your own destiny,fighting against your dark sides,raise your
spirituality.Every day is a new day.A new life.
Keep the faith!*
10 years later from Today
Listen Swissgirl,i owe you something and i have to tell you this.Maybe our life changed to much and we changed to much too but i must say this to you,it may put a smile on your beautyful face or it may give you some pain,i dont know.But i must say it.I say this because i owe it to yoou and i dont want anything or think of something from you.
Listen!You are the first person i fall in love with but also the last person.What i did in our relation was right but it was hard for all these years.I have never had a feeling for any woman the same as my feelings you.Because i didnt love any woman bevore you and when we where together in the start i didnt try to protect my feelings from you.So my love to you was so open and free.I let you go deep inside of my soul and be part of my life.One time of my life you made me feel so bad and sad and i could not understand that time why you did this to me...After that i always protected myself not to fall in love with someone i like i did with you.And thats why i didnt love someone like i loved you.But when we met each other again i was already mature and i could control my feelings but with you was still hard.Till this moment and till now you are still my real,clean and pure love...my love for you changed almost everything in my life to the better.So thank you my love for the happyness and sadness you gave to me and i am sorry if i acted stupid sometimes and hurting you.Dont think i say this because i want to see you or meet you or anything like that...No,its just something i wanted you to know and its been inside of me and i have to say it to you.Thats all i wanted.
I know you are married and i am married and we respect this...so now,even if you dont write to me i also respect this.I already told you what i wanted to tell you all the years,so if i die now,then i am a happy man.
From
Charan
WHILE I WAS TYPING THIS I FELT ALL THE JOY THEY HAD.
ohhmmm.always teazing me.
:-D
Muaaahhh.
;-D
*Create your own destiny,fighting against your dark sides,raise your
spirituality.Every day is a new day.A new life.
Keep the faith!*
Listen Verena,i owe you something and i have to tell you this.Maybe our life changed to much and we changed to much too but i must say this to you,it may put a smile on your beautyful face or it may give you some pain,i dont know.But i must say it.I say this because i owe it to yoou and i dont want anything or think of something from you.
Listen!You are the first person i fall in love with but also the last person.What i did in our relation was right but it was hard for all these years.I have never had a feeling for any woman the same as my feelings you.Because i didnt love any woman bevore you and when we where together in the start i didnt try to protect my feelings from you.So my love to you was so open and free.I let you go deep inside of my soul and be part of my life.One time of my life you made me feel so bad and sad and i could not understand that time why you did this to me...After that i always protected myself not to fall in love with someone i like i did with you.And thats why i didnt love someone like i loved you.But when we met each other again i was already mature and i could control my feelings but with you was still hard.Till this moment and till now you are still my real,clean and pure love...my love for you changed almost everything in my life to the better.So thank you my love for the happyness and sadness you gave to me and i am sorry if i acted stupid sometimes and hurting you.Dont think i say this because i want to see you or meet you or anything like that...No,its just something i wanted you to know and its been inside of me and i have to say it to you.Thats all i wanted.
I know you are married and i am married and we respect this...so now,even if you dont write to me i also respect this.I already told you what i wanted to tell you all the years,so if i die now,then i am a happy man.
WHILE I WAS READING THIS I FELT ALL THE PAIN THEY HAD.
SO TOUCHING.
SO MUCH LOVE.
*Create your own destiny,fighting against your dark sides,raise your
spirituality.Every day is a new day.A new life.
Keep the faith!*
The sheikhs mistake according to me
The girl knew what she wanted
The sheikh didnt
or he took her for a ride
"I hope that will not happen to me.I will never let him go.My sweetheart means all to me."
Thank you very much. I hope so. Why didn't you tell me earlier.
...was strong enough to run away and not depend on his family, they probably will be together....perhaps fated....
pardon my rumblings...
Sometimes parents with the best of intentions often cannot accept the opinions and feelings of their offspring. This is a rather sad story :(
It's a pity he did not feel he could only have one wife...the wife of his choice.
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Love is the answer...
It is her true story,just some names changed to protect the family members.Well,still the tradions are stronger then love.I hope that will not happen to me.I will never let him go.My sweetheart means all to me.
*Create your own destiny,fighting against your dark sides,raise your
spirituality.Every day is a new day.A new life.
Keep the faith!*
Inshallah noooooooooo.
;-D
It is to sad.
*Create your own destiny,fighting against your dark sides,raise your
spirituality.Every day is a new day.A new life.
Keep the faith!*
Swissgirl - Will this happend to our relationship as well:(
Uhhmmm.Sorry to hear that.Seems as you are strong enough to fight against the rules or traditions.Your luck is that you are not a member of one of the leading familys back home.
:-D
*Create your own destiny,fighting against your dark sides,raise your
spirituality.Every day is a new day.A new life.
Keep the faith!*
me of the girl whom I met and fell in love with while studying in the US. I told her in the end that my parents will not accept her as the day I was born my grand parents had decided whom I will marry and who will be my wife. So here I am today living a single life as my parents wont accept my choice and I dont want to accept their choice.
What a screwed up life.
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