Download or read book The Groom to Have Been written by Saher Alam and published by Spiegel & Grau. This book was released on 2008 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preparing for the arranged marriage he hopes will appease his traditional Islamic family, Nasr begins to realize that his true love is Jameela, a woman who rebels against her community's traditions and whom he has known since childhood, but as he contemplates an escape from his duty, the 9/11 tragedy turns the entire world upside down. A first novel. Original. 20,000 first printing.