A Quote by Jemima Khan

Arranged marriages are big business in the U.K. Second- and third-generation immigrant families, with no extended family structure, limited networks and religious restrictions on acceptable ways to meet future spouses, are turning to external matchmakers for help.

Jemima Khan

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Acceptable Arranged Arranged Marriage Big Big Business Business Extended Extended Family External Families Family Family Structure Future Generation Help Immigrant Limited Marriages Meet Networks Religious Restrictions Second Spouses Structure Third Turning Ways

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Jemima Khan
English - Journalist
Born: January 30, 1974

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