15 Questions to Help You Write an Online Profile

  1. What kind of things/activities do you enjoy?
  2. What type of foods/restaurants do you enjoy? (Name specific foods and restaurants.)
  3. Do you like to travel? Where have you been? Where do you dream of going?
  4. What are the five items you can not live without?
  5. What was the last book or movie you enjoyed? What are your favorite authors, films, bands and/or singers?
  6. Tell us three things that illustrate something about the kind of person you are. (Do you sing along to the radio in the car? Collect coffee mugs?)
  7. What is your role at your job and how long have you worked there?
  8. Do you have pets? Tell us more?
  9. Tell us about your family’s heritage?
  10. How important are your religious beliefs?
  11. What is your educational background? What school did you attend?
  12. What is the first thing people notice about you?
  13. What would make you a good partner?
  14. What most attracts you to a person? Which characteristics stand out the most?
  15. Provide  any other information not covered in the previous questions. (Discuss your family, hobbies, special interests, unique traits, etc.)

*Source: Match ProfilePro email questionnaire

 

Single, Muslim, and Female

NOTE: The author, Shabana Mir, was born and raised in a humble Pakistani family. Through her talent, hard work, etc, she was able to come to the US for graduate studies. Mir received her Ph.D. from IU Bloomington.

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http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/islamsadvance/2008/09/single_muslim_and_female.html

SHABANA MIR

Dating in the Muslim world is a relatively new phenomenon. The Koran effectively outlaws the practice by frowning upon meetings between single men and women; traditionally, Muslim communities have relied on arranged marriages.

But in recent years, in parallel with an explosion of online dating agencies and “singles’ nights”, dating has begun to make serious inroads into Muslim society, especially in the West. Shabana Mir, author of the excellent Koonj blog, argues that Muslim women need to date and discusses the impact of dating on expatriate Muslim culture in America.

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