Planning a Moroccan wedding
Practical guides and free tools for the family doing the planning, in Morocco or abroad.
Planning
- Moroccan wedding checklist, month by monthA Moroccan wedding timeline from 12 months to the day: venue, caterer, negafa, the marriage act with the adouls, outfits, dfou3, invitations, seating.
- The guest list, family by familyMaking the guest list for a Moroccan wedding: count by family and side, plan each celebration, track answers, and move from a spreadsheet to a shared list.
- The budget of a Moroccan weddingThe budget items of a Moroccan wedding (venue, caterer, negafa, band, outfits, dfou3, sdaq…) and a free calculator for your own quotes, deposits and balances.
- The seating plan, without the headacheHow many tables for your guests, and how to seat families: a free calculator and tips for a Moroccan wedding seating plan.
- Invite on WhatsApp without losing the answersInviting guests to a wedding on WhatsApp without losing the answers: one card and link per family, an answer per celebration, reminders and each family's table.
- Planning a wedding in Morocco from abroadPreparing a wedding in Morocco while living in France, Belgium, Spain, Canada or the Gulf: booking remotely, paying deposits, inviting family who travel, doing the paperwork in time.
Celebrations and traditions
- The celebrations of a Moroccan weddingKhotba, the marriage act with the adouls, hammam, henna, dfou3, the wedding night with the negafa and the amariya, the day after: the steps of a Moroccan wedding explained simply.
- The henna nightThe henna night of a Moroccan wedding: when it happens, who is invited, the nekacha's role, how to prepare it, and why to avoid "black henna".
Providers
- Choosing the venueHall, house, riad or garden: what to check before booking the venue for a Moroccan wedding, and the questions to ask the venue.
- The catererWhat to ask a Moroccan wedding caterer: menu, price per person, service, tableware, tasting, final guest count, deposit.
- The negafa: her role and what to askWhat a negafa does at a Moroccan wedding, what differs from one negafa to another, the questions to ask and how to compare quotes before booking.
Paperwork and the law
- The marriage act in MoroccoMarrying in Morocco: age, consent, sadaq, wali, the marriage file (Family Code, Article 65), the judge's authorization and the adouls' act. With the official sources.
- Marrying when you live abroadMoroccans living abroad: marrying under the law of the country of residence (Family Code, Article 14) and lodging the act at the consulate within 3 months (Article 15), or marrying before the consulate's adouls.
- Marrying in Morocco when one spouse is FrenchA French national marrying in Morocco: the certificate of capacity to marry (CCAM) before, then transcription of the act at the Central Civil Status Service in Nantes. Delays and the case without a CCAM, from official sources.
- Getting the marriage recognised in Belgium, Spain or QuebecAfter a marriage in Morocco: registration in Belgium's BAEC, Spain's certificate of capacity and consular registry, insertion in Quebec's register. With the apostille and official sources.
To print
- The wedding checklist, to printThe Moroccan wedding checklist to print or as a free PDF, month by month: from the date and the venue to the day itself, with tick boxes.
- Guest list templateA free guest list template for a Moroccan wedding, family by family and celebration by celebration: to print, as a PDF or as a file for Excel and Google Sheets.