By Daisy Carrington 1/08/07 12:00am

Countdown to Bliss

Charlie Asfour and Rebecca McFarland

Met: September 2005

Engaged: Dec. 27, 2006

Projected Wedding Date: June 2008

When Rebecca McFarland first glimpsed dark-haired Charlie Asfour at Crobar in Chelsea, her immediate impression was that—dimples and athletic building notwithstanding—he resembled Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh. “He was very attractive, but very … sad, almost,” Ms. Farland Read More

By Tish Durkin 7/12/04 12:00am

‘Are You a Virgin or No?’: Marriage in Liberated Iraq

BAGHDAD–The office was not hidden, but it was hard to find. It was across from the gold-domed shrine of Kadhim mosque in Kadhimiya, past the street vendors selling candy bars and Pepsi and blow-up toys and pistol-shaped lighters. Then a right-hand slice into the slow sea of pedestrians, and past several jewelry-store windows hung heavy Read More