Every wedding starts with the engagement, the guy see a girl, then if they like each other, he asks for her hand (in other words to get marry), she might be a relative, neighbor, cousin, they might be work mates, or students in the same collage etc. First he goes with his parents to hers, and tells them his desire to ask their daughter to get marry, (if the girl's father is dead, he should go to her eldest uncle).
There are hopes that Iraq may have started on the path to stability. After all, civilisation as we know it once emerged from this region.
In the Christian homes an unusual ceremony is held in the courtyard of the home on Christmas Eve.