As we’ve shown you before, Lebanese tend to take things a step further with their weddings. This epic fusion of Assyrian and Lebanese cultures is no exception!
In their most recent video, the Australian-based YouTube channel Iconic Films captured Anthony and Karolin’s wedding, and showcased the best of their Lebanese and Assyrian cultures.
The Iconic Films team captures weddings around the world and “are passionate about constantly challenging themselves from a creative and technological aspect.”
Congratulations to Anthony and Karolin!
Watch the incredible wedding entrance here:
You can also watch the full wedding, by clicking here.
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(BEIRUT, LEBANON) — A group of 37 Lebanese couples tied the knot on Sept. 6 in a mass wedding blessed by Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Beshara Boutros Rai at the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate in Bkerke.
Rai stressed the importance of a marriage “commitment,” adding that the 37 married couples should adopt a “church setting” in their new family home.
The mass wedding was organized by the Maronite League, a non-profit organization that serves Maronite Lebanese interests, according to their website.
According to Lebanon’s French language daily newspaper, L’Orient-Le Jour, the Maronite League covered the wedding expenses and offered each couple a $2,000 gift to begin their married life.
VIEW photos of the ceremony below:
Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros al-Rahi poses with couples who took part in a mass wedding at the Maronite Patriarchate in Bkerke on September 6, 2015.
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(BEIRUT, LEBANON) — Lebanese supermodel Loujain Adada sparked the start of an expensive divorce battle between one of the world’s richest men, and his former wife, supermodel Christina Estrada.
The Daily Mail reports that Estrada is divorcing her husband, Saudi billionaire Walid Juffali, after he married a second wife — his third in total — Adada.
But things get more complicated.
Estrada, 52, is seeking a “significant slice” of Juffali’s wealth, including some of his multi-million dollar estates around the world.
Adada, Juffali, Estrada. (Photos via The Daily Mail)
With an estimated family fortune of $6.2 billion, Estrada is reportedly seeking three of the couple’s properties in the UK, worth an estimated $90 million.
Juffali divorced his first wife Basma Al Sulaiman in 2000 after 24 years of marriage, paying her $62 million.
Juffali, 60, and Adada, 25, tied the knot in 2012 during a large lavish wedding held in Venice, Italy.
Juffali’s family owns one of Saudi Arabia’s largest conglomerates, EA Juffali & Brothers, which has a long list of multinational corporations as partners, including IBM, Siemens, Ericsson, Mercedes-Benz, Michelin, Massey-Ferguson, Electrolux, Kelvinator, Carrier, Dow Chemicals and DuPont.
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(ROME, ITALY) — Lebanese jewelery designer Sabine Ghanem married billionaire oil heir Joseph Getty in a extravagant ceremony at the Basilica of the Twelve Apostles in Rome, Italy on May 30.
Getty, 26, is the son of Mark Getty – the British businessman who owns picture agency Getty Images – and the grandson of philanthropist Sir John Paul Getty.
The Getty dynasty was started by J. Paul Getty, Joseph’s great-grandfather, who became the richest man in the world thanks to the Getty Oil Company.
Ghanem, 30, owns the Sabine G. jewelery collection, a London-based jewelery line of antiqued rose gold, diamonds, and rubies for headpieces, earrings, and bangle bracelets.
The Lebanese bride’s gown required two assistants to trail at all times. (Xposure Photos)
Ghanem said her design company is a “mix of Eastern and Western cultures” which reflect her time growing up in Beirut, Lebanon and Geneva, Switzerland, before moving to the United States to study diamond grading at the Gemological Institute in New York.
Several news agencies are reporting that the wedding cost Ghanem’s father around $11 million. He is a Lebanese financier; while her mother is an interior decorator from Egypt.
The reception featured a wardrobe change among many of the wedding guests to reflect the theme of the 1988 film, Dangerous Liaisons, set in 18th century Paris.
In lieu of a traditional veil, Ghanem wore a hooded cloak hand created by the French house Lesage. Her dress was designed by Italian design line Schiaparelli.
The glamorous wedding weekend featured guests from Princess Beatrice of York, eldest daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and French model Julia Restoin Roitfeld.
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(MARRAKESH, MOROCCO) — Lebanese billionaire and former prime minister Najib Mikati celebrated his son’s wedding on Saturday at the El Badi Palace in Marrakesh, Morroco.
Sources say over 1,000 people attended Malick Mikati’s wedding, including Lebanese fashion designer Elie Saab and Egyptian singer Amr Diab.
The Mikati family also hosted a brunch party at the La Mamounia luxurious hotel on Sunday.
Malick Mikati and his wife celebrate their wedding at the El Badi Palace in Morocco. (Twitter)
The El Badi Palace is a tourist attraction in Morocco, which was commissioned by the Saadian sultan Ahmad al-Mansur, sometime shortly after his accession in 1578.
Najib Mikati served as the Prime Minister of Lebanon two times, from April to July 2005 and from January 2011 to August 2013. He is also the co-founder of telecommunications company Investcom, which he sold in 2006 to South Africa’s MTN Group for $5.5 billion.
U.S. Forbes magazine estimated his fortune at nearly $3.3 billion, making him the richest man in Lebanon.
The courtyard of the El Badi Palace in Marrakesh, Morocco. (Wikimedia)Malick Mikati and his wife celebrate their wedding at the El Badi Palace in Morocco. (Twitter)
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