As soon as he caught a glimpse of his stunning bride Gen Maindonald walking towards him down the aisle, Abbas Nazari felt his legs start to shake and his eyes well up.
“It is rare for Afghan men to show emotion, but I had tears throughout the whole ceremony,” the refugee and author of bestselling autobiography After The Tampa tells Woman’s Day. “Seeing Gen looking so beautiful, with our loved ones gathered on either side, is a memory I’ll cherish forever.”
Ilex Café in Christchurch’s Hagley Park was the elegant venue for the first of two heartfelt celebrations marking the start of Abbas and Gen’s life as a married couple. A week after their moving