Dressed in traditional Thobe and Hijabs, 150 men and women listened intently as educationist Dawood Vaid evoked phrases from the Kuran and hadith to draw parallels between the its teachings and marital relationships. In a room packed tight with mostly women, the daylong event, ‘Men and from Makkah’, Women are from Madina’ at Country Club, Andheri, threw light on the complicated nature of relationships. Vaid, CEO and founder of Burooj Realization, a Nerul based Islamic education foundation, said, “Men and women are very different, their expectations are different, their wants and needs are different and their natures, specially are very different. Through this program, we are attempting to bridge that gap and make marital relationships stronger.”

 
Dawood Vaid speaks to the couples at the workshop, ‘Men are from Makkah, women are from Madina’ on Sunday. Pic/Datta Kumbhar