Boarding pass01 of 04
Mehndi
Both families are finally in one courtyard.
- Date
- Thursday, 10 December
- Boarding
- 7:00 pm
- Dress
- Yellow and green
- Gate
- The family home
Departs in 45 days
Nine hours apart, for four years
Noor & Hassan
Two time zones, a thousand voice notes and one flight home.
Her eveningHis morning
Arriving
Saturday, 12 December 2026
Mehndi, Nikah, Baraat, Walima
- days of celebration
- 4
- boarding passes
- 4
- photographs, so far
- 32
- flight home
- 1
The invitation
Four years of good mornings that arrived at her bedtime, and a wedding that finally put them in the same room.
She learned to sleep through his mornings. He learned to call before her tea went cold.
Add all four days to your calendar
The two of us
One clock each
Passenger 01
Noor
Daughter of Rubina & Aslam Chaudhry
Teaches in the mornings and marks papers at midnight, which is the only hour they were both awake.
Passenger 02
Hassan
Son of Nasreen & Tariq Javed
Works on bridges, counts layovers like holidays, and has kept every boarding pass since 2022.
Our story
Miles apart
August 2022
The goodbye
He left for work abroad two weeks after they met properly. Neither of them called it anything yet.
2023
A year of voice notes
Eleven minutes on the way to work, four on the way back. Her replies always started with, you will not believe this.
December 2024
Thirty hours
A layover long enough for one dinner with both families, and short enough that nobody slept.
May 2026
The question, out loud
He asked on a video call, then asked again in person a month later because it did not feel finished.
A layover long enough for one dinner with both families, and short enough that nobody slept.
The days
Four days, four boarding passes
Keep your pass: it saves to your calendar and opens the gate in Maps.
- Boarding pass02 of 04
Nikah
- Date
- Friday, 11 December
- Boarding
- 5:00 pm
- Dress
- Simple and light
- Gate
- Jamia Masjid, after Asr
Departs in 45 days
- Boarding pass03 of 04
Baraat
No more counting hours.
- Date
- Saturday, 12 December
- Boarding
- 7:00 pm
- Dress
- Formal
- Gate
- Shalimar Marquee
Departs in 47 days
- Boarding pass04 of 04
Walima
- Date
- Sunday, 13 December
- Boarding
- 8:00 pm
- Dress
- Pastels welcome
- Gate
- The Orchard Hall
Departs in 48 days
Postcards
Wish you were here
Every function, sent home. Swipe along, and tap a postcard to open it.
Until we are in the same room
The wedding is on Saturday, 12 December 2026.
We spent four years learning to listen across a bad line. Everything after this is easy.