In Western cultures, when two people fall in love they may decide to wed in a “love marriage.” In other societies, it’s not always so simple. Extended families are often involved in arranging weddings in Afghanistan, and exchanges of money and calculations of the value of a bride’s future labor within her husband’s household become crucial issues. In Love Marriage in Kabul, Mahboba Rawi, an energetic and courageous Afghan woman living in Australia, returns home to visit the orphanages and schools she sponsors. An Australian journalist accompanies Rawi and documents her efforts to help the countless widows and orphans left destitute by the legacy of the Taliban. One of Rawi’s first abandoned charges, Abdul, has grown to manhood and wishes to marry Fatemeh, a neighbor girl. But incredibly complex negotiations shadow every effort to unite the couple. With time running out, and a forced dowry marriage for Fatemeh in the offing, can the couple find their happy ending?  LB