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The nikkah under a canopy of white flowers, guests in the foreground
Mehndi, nikkah & wedding · Scottsdale, Arizona · November 2024

A nikkah among the cacti

Three celebrations for one family, the nikkah held at dusk in a Scottsdale desert garden under a canopy of white flowers.

Three generations, three evenings: the bride walking in on a steady arm, the groom glancing back with a grin, the youngest guest asleep through most of it, and at the very end, the goodbyes nobody was ready for.

The bride holding flowers, walking in on a man’s arm at dusk
On his arm
The bride walking in on a man’s arm, seen through soft foreground blur
Walking in
The bride and the man walking her in, moments from the stage
Almost there
The groom smiling back over his shoulder
A glance back
A little girl in a maang tikka grinning
Her own maang tikka
A woman cradling a baby against her cheek
Cradled
An elderly woman watching a sleeping baby
The youngest guest
The bride in red and gold, laughing
Radiant
The bride in red laughing, led arm in arm towards the groom
Arm in arm
The bride, mid-gesture, teasing the groom in his turban
Mid-sentence
A man kissing the bride’s forehead as she closes her eyes
A kiss on the forehead
The bride and groom walking out together, guests behind them
Walking out
The bride holding a man in a long embrace
Holding on
The bride in tears, holding on to a woman in a long embrace
The goodbye
A woman smiling at the bride as they hold each other
One last hug
The couple laughing together, seen through a car window
Through the glass