19 January 2025

Mena Massoud teases planning Hindu and Christian double weddings
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Mina Masoud He is counting down the days until he and his fiancée Emily Shah RThat is, the node – twice.

“It's been fun! Emily does a lot of planning,” Masoud, 33, said exclusively. Us Weekly At a New York City screening of his new film I wish you were here Introduction by Cinema Society On Wednesday, January 15th. “She asks me a lot of questions and I do a few, but we took a break over the holidays. “We didn't do anything in terms of planning and now we're going big because the wedding is in July.”

Actor Shah, 30, was proposed to in December 2023 During vacation in Japan. They will have two weddings in honor of their religious backgrounds.

“We work for three days, but in reality it is two days,” Masoud explained on Wednesday. “We're having a Hindu ceremony for Emily and then we're having a Coptic Christian ceremony the next day for me, (which) will be like a typical Western wedding. So, I think we get a little bit of everything.”

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Masoud also added that the big day will be a “fantastic party.”

“This is the way I see it, you are throwing a party for your family and friends,” Masoud said. we. “So, you're kind of like a party planner. …I'm excited.”

While Shah took the lead in planning, Aladdin The star said he has the final say on his wardrobe choices.

“(I'm) still figuring it out,” he said. “Emily knows what to wear.”

Masoud and Shah have been together since 2020, after meeting in A private, membership-based application.

Mena Massoud teases planning Hindu and Christian double weddings
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“She just wanted us to be friends, but I wanted more,” Masoud recalls. Welcome! Arab India In May 2024.

Masoud said one year ago WZRA TV He and Shah “talked for some time before” they started dating.

“I've known Em for about a year,” he said in 2023. So, I think she made the first move and then I made the first move. It all worked out in the end. I think the best relationships often start out that way, you get to know the person but sometimes nothing happens right away (until) everything falls apart.

Immediately, Masoud thought Shaw was “beautiful and wanted to get to know her” better.

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Once Masoud and Shah's relationship turned romantic, they started chronicling their romance through social media. They're also each other's biggest fans, which for Shah means supporting Masoud's film career (he recently starred in a film). I wish you were here, Julia Stiles' Directorial debutreverse Isabel Foreman.)

“I've done a few romantic comedies (and) fun movies, and it was clear that this was going to be intense from reading the book and reading the script,” he explained. “But I wanted to do it as an actor. Of course, you want to have those opportunities. I don't think they make movies like this as much. I wanted to respect that opportunity.”

He added: “Julia makes it look so easy. She's really stretched me and really taught me a lot.”

With reporting by Travis Cronin

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