‘A girl is available for marriage,’ Saman Ansari recalls her proposal announcement in mosque

Renowned actress Saman Ansari discussed her marriage proposal, divorce, and how she handled it.

She opened up about her life on Ahmad Ali Butt’s podcast and revealed that her first marriage was at a young age.

Saman Ansari recalled, “I went to Canada from America to get higher education, and then my maternal grandparents said they were getting her married. An announcement was made in the mosque that a girl studying is available for marriage and that people interested can reach out.”

She said that such announcements were common at the time since there was no social media and she did not have a mobile phone.

“The first time my husband saw me was on the day we got engaged. During my marriage, because of my education and my husband’s job, I constantly moved back and forth between America and Canada,” she said.

“I had a son but then got divorced at the time he was son six years old,” she recalled.

After the divorce, Ansari moved to the United Arab Emirates, leaving behind her child as per divorce law, which states that the child must stay in the environment they are used to. There, she worked as a freelancer, which she claims was not an easy route to survive in Dubai.

“I also decided not to come to Pakistan because my parents would have been subjected to taunts concerning me, as a mother, leaving behind my child and getting a divorce.

I didn’t want to put my parents through that, so I got their permission and moved to Dubai,” she added.