When English screenwriter and producer Jemima Khan moved to Lahore, Pakistan, with then-husband Imran Khan — who later became the country’s prime minister — she was forced to confront her preconceived ...

Raksha Pande works for Newcastle University. Arranged marriages occupy an awkward place in contemporary Britain. For some, they’re equivalent to forced marriage. Others see them as a quaint custom in ...

I’ll admit it: I love reality TV. I especially love the shows that purport to find people love. My newest obsession—Married at First Sight—is one of several reality shows (along with Arranged, Married ...

In the series The Last Kingdom, Uhtred (Alexander Dreymon) marries a woman named Mildrith (Amy Wren), his first wife. It’s a marriage arranged by the King of Wessex. But why is she the bride chosen ...

Although difficult to comprehend for many Westerners, the arranged marriage is the dominant form of matrimony in other parts of the world—among rich and poor, cosmopolitan and provincial—including ...

As the world closes in on the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the history of the British throne reminds people that not all of the marriages in this lineage began with love. Tonight ...

LONDON — England and Wales made it a criminal offense as of Monday to force anyone into marriage, an effort to persuade victims to come forward and to emphasize secular legal values. The practice of ...

Call it an arranged-ish approach to meeting a spouse. That’s how author Zara Raheem ended up meeting the man she would eventually marry. “Arranged marriage wasn’t a concept we discussed much in my ...