YAFA SHANNEIK is a lecturer in Islamic studies at the University of Birmingham in the UK.ANNELIES MOORS is an anthropologist and professor emerita at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

"In this pioneering book, Shanneik and Moors have deftly amended the dearth of scholarly books on Shi’i cultures and traditions. The ethnographically diverse chapters brought together in this collected volume on the Global Dynamics of Shi’a Marriages engage with local practices as they are embedded within the wider contexts of migration, diaspora and transnationalism. It is a very timely and accessible book, and I highly recommend it." - Shahla Haeri (author of The Unforgettable Queens of Islam: Succession, Authority, Gender) "Global Dynamics of Shi’a Marriages is a fascinating addition to the emerging literature on marriage and sexuality in the Muslim world. Young people engage in 'dating cultures' facilitated by mobile phones, young women are reluctant to live with in-laws, and there is a growing desire for love-based marriages. While the authority of the older generation has been diminished, the move towards more companionate marriages in every Shi’a community still involves family negotiations over choice of partner, marital gifts, and wedding expenses." - Janet Afary (co-editor of Iranian Romance in the Digital Age: From Arranged Marriage to White Marriage)

• Series Foreword by PÉter Berta Introduction ANNELIES MOORS AND YAFA SHANNEIKPART ONEGender and Generation: New Dating and Marriage Practices1 Marriage Modifications in Aliabad: Social Change Overrides Clerical Directives MARY ELAINE HEGLAND2 The New Marital Romance: How Bollywood, Islamic Doctrines, and Mobile Phones Dissect the Imperative of Spouse Evasion ANNA-MARIA WALTERPART TWODower Practices: Signifying Religion, Ethnicity, and Class3 The Dower (Mahr) and Wedding Ceremony among the Shi‘a of Oman: Religion, Class, and Ethnicity JIHAN SAFAR4 Mahr Iranian Style in Norway: Negotiating Gender Equality and Religious and Cultural Belonging through Transnational Shia Marriage Practices PART THREETemporary Marriage: A Flexible and Controversial Institution5 Mutʿa Marriage among Youth in the Non-Shi‘i Environment of Indonesia EVA F. NISA6 Between Love and Sex, Modernity and Archaism: Iranian Students’ Discourse in the Netherlands about Sigheh SOPHIE-YVIE GIRARD7 “Laboratory Sigheh”: The (Dis)Entanglements of Temporary Marriage and Third-Party Donation in Iran TARA ASGARILALEH AND ANNELIES MOORSAcknowledgments Notes on Contributors Index

YAFA SHANNEIK is a lecturer in Islamic studies at the University of Birmingham in the UK.ANNELIES MOORS is an anthropologist and professor emerita at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

"In this pioneering book, Shanneik and Moors have deftly amended the dearth of scholarly books on Shi’i cultures and traditions. The ethnographically diverse chapters brought together in this collected volume on the Global Dynamics of Shi’a Marriages engage with local practices as they are embedded within the wider contexts of migration, diaspora and transnationalism. It is a very timely and accessible book, and I highly recommend it." - Shahla Haeri (author of The Unforgettable Queens of Islam: Succession, Authority, Gender) "Global Dynamics of Shi’a Marriages is a fascinating addition to the emerging literature on marriage and sexuality in the Muslim world. Young people engage in 'dating cultures' facilitated by mobile phones, young women are reluctant to live with in-laws, and there is a growing desire for love-based marriages. While the authority of the older generation has been diminished, the move towards more companionate marriages in every Shi’a community still involves family negotiations over choice of partner, marital gifts, and wedding expenses." - Janet Afary (co-editor of Iranian Romance in the Digital Age: From Arranged Marriage to White Marriage)

• Series Foreword by PÉter Berta Introduction ANNELIES MOORS AND YAFA SHANNEIKPART ONEGender and Generation: New Dating and Marriage Practices1 Marriage Modifications in Aliabad: Social Change Overrides Clerical Directives MARY ELAINE HEGLAND2 The New Marital Romance: How Bollywood, Islamic Doctrines, and Mobile Phones Dissect the Imperative of Spouse Evasion ANNA-MARIA WALTERPART TWODower Practices: Signifying Religion, Ethnicity, and Class3 The Dower (Mahr) and Wedding Ceremony among the Shi‘a of Oman: Religion, Class, and Ethnicity JIHAN SAFAR4 Mahr Iranian Style in Norway: Negotiating Gender Equality and Religious and Cultural Belonging through Transnational Shia Marriage Practices PART THREETemporary Marriage: A Flexible and Controversial Institution5 Mutʿa Marriage among Youth in the Non-Shi‘i Environment of Indonesia EVA F. NISA6 Between Love and Sex, Modernity and Archaism: Iranian Students’ Discourse in the Netherlands about Sigheh SOPHIE-YVIE GIRARD7 “Laboratory Sigheh”: The (Dis)Entanglements of Temporary Marriage and Third-Party Donation in Iran TARA ASGARILALEH AND ANNELIES MOORSAcknowledgments Notes on Contributors Index

YAFA SHANNEIK is a lecturer in Islamic studies at the University of Birmingham in the UK.ANNELIES MOORS is an anthropologist and professor emerita at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

"In this pioneering book, Shanneik and Moors have deftly amended the dearth of scholarly books on Shi’i cultures and traditions. The ethnographically diverse chapters brought together in this collected volume on the Global Dynamics of Shi’a Marriages engage with local practices as they are embedded within the wider contexts of migration, diaspora and transnationalism. It is a very timely and accessible book, and I highly recommend it." - Shahla Haeri (author of The Unforgettable Queens of Islam: Succession, Authority, Gender) "Global Dynamics of Shi’a Marriages is a fascinating addition to the emerging literature on marriage and sexuality in the Muslim world. Young people engage in 'dating cultures' facilitated by mobile phones, young women are reluctant to live with in-laws, and there is a growing desire for love-based marriages. While the authority of the older generation has been diminished, the move towards more companionate marriages in every Shi’a community still involves family negotiations over choice of partner, marital gifts, and wedding expenses." - Janet Afary (co-editor of Iranian Romance in the Digital Age: From Arranged Marriage to White Marriage)

• Series Foreword by PÉter Berta Introduction ANNELIES MOORS AND YAFA SHANNEIKPART ONEGender and Generation: New Dating and Marriage Practices1 Marriage Modifications in Aliabad: Social Change Overrides Clerical Directives MARY ELAINE HEGLAND2 The New Marital Romance: How Bollywood, Islamic Doctrines, and Mobile Phones Dissect the Imperative of Spouse Evasion ANNA-MARIA WALTERPART TWODower Practices: Signifying Religion, Ethnicity, and Class3 The Dower (Mahr) and Wedding Ceremony among the Shi‘a of Oman: Religion, Class, and Ethnicity JIHAN SAFAR4 Mahr Iranian Style in Norway: Negotiating Gender Equality and Religious and Cultural Belonging through Transnational Shia Marriage Practices PART THREETemporary Marriage: A Flexible and Controversial Institution5 Mutʿa Marriage among Youth in the Non-Shi‘i Environment of Indonesia EVA F. NISA6 Between Love and Sex, Modernity and Archaism: Iranian Students’ Discourse in the Netherlands about Sigheh SOPHIE-YVIE GIRARD7 “Laboratory Sigheh”: The (Dis)Entanglements of Temporary Marriage and Third-Party Donation in Iran TARA ASGARILALEH AND ANNELIES MOORSAcknowledgments Notes on Contributors Index