Iqra and Arsalan

12 December 2026

The night before the wedding

both houses awake

The bride and groom smiling at each other under strings of fairy lights at night

and the moon, full

Iqra & Arsalan

Saturday, 12 December 2026

Everything we have, on one page: the story, every function and every photograph.

This is the whole wedding, kept in one place: six moments that led to it, five functions with a gallery each, the tune that played between them, and the words we want remembered.

Our song

Chand raat

A slow tune for the page, written for the hour between the mehndi and the morning.

Plays only when you tap · on a loop

The two of us

A late night and a long answer

She asked him a question at two in the morning. He is still answering it.

The bride in red and gold bridal jewellery — Iqra
keeps the lists
Runs a small design studio and every family group chat. Has a spreadsheet for the chairs.
Daughter of Rehana & Zulfiqar Ahmed
Lists made
31
Lists followed
4

The groom in a white sherwani before a wall of flowers — Arsalan
carries the chairs
Teaches physics, drives everyone home and has never once been on time to his own events.
Son of Shazia & Nadeem Qureshi
Chairs carried
140
Excuses
1

6 nights, new moon to full

Our story

01 · October 2022
Two in the morning
A friend's shaadi, a quiet bridge behind the hall and a conversation neither of them ended.
02 · April 2024
Both mothers, one table
Their mothers met first and decided everything. The two of them were told afterwards.
03 · November 2025
The ring, twice
The first one did not fit. The second one did, and she wore it to work the same day.
04 · August 2026
Learning the lights
They spent a whole evening testing fairy lights on the roof and called it wedding planning.
05 · October 2026
The power cut
A candle, two cups of tea and the seating plan, finished in the dark.
06 · December 2026
Chand raat
The night before everything, with both houses awake and the courtyard full of petals.