Unusually for a couple in Dubai, theirs is a mixed-faith marriage, with Mina - born a Catholic - choosing not to follow standard practice by converting to Islam when they tied the knot. Living in a Muslim-majority country, Ali has faced pressure for Mina to convert. He and Mina started off as business partners when they founded Dubomedy, a Dubai-based arts and comedy school, in 2008. "His family came out with the (ululation), Khaleeji (Gulf) music, and my family came out with the O Sole Mio, (Luciano) Pavarotti, you know we had a singer singing Arabic songs and an Italian song," Mina said. In Dubai it is the norm for children of mixed-faith marriages to be raised as Muslims.

Source: bd News24 January 31, 2019 13:41 UTC