After Nadine Al Rassi… these Arab stars chose love with younger partners

In recent years, the marriages of a number of Arab stars have reopened the discussion about the age difference in romantic relationships, especially when the woman is older than her partner. These marriages are no longer an exception, but rather have become examples that reflect clear shifts in the way female artists view love, stability, and partnership.

Recently, the Lebanese artist Nadine Al-Rassi announced her engagement to a poet who is four years younger than her, stressing that love and maturity are more important than age, and that her partner enjoys stability and the ability to continue by her side. As for the Egyptian artist Mai Kassab, she married festivals singer Oka despite the ten-year age difference, and the relationship has maintained stability since 2015, and they have three children.

Asma Sherif Mounir also chose a younger partner, while Wafaa Al Kilani and Tim Hassan kept their lives private despite the slight age difference. In Syria, Qamar Khalaf and Mehyar Khaddour got married despite a 13-year difference, and they succeeded in maintaining a stable relationship since 2011, while director Rasha Sharbatji announced her marriage to Ibrahim Al-Sheikh, with a 19-year age difference, in private, away from the media.

For her part, artist Nadine Tahseen Bey considered the timing of marriage to be the most important, and she married Iyad Issa, who is 14 years younger than her, while Kuwaiti star Ilham Al-Fadala faced widespread controversy when announcing her marriage to Shihab Gohar, who is three years younger than her, but she dealt with him with confidence and shared their happy moments. Nisreen Tafesh also announced her engagement to a businessman ten years younger than her, keeping her partner’s privacy away from the limelight.

On the other hand, the artistic community witnessed marriages that did not last despite breaking the age difference rule, including the marriages of Nelly Karim, Haifa Wehbe, Ghada Abdel Razek, Angham and Yasmine Abdel Aziz, which confirms that the continuation of the relationship depends on understanding and maturity more than age.