This brings up a misconception about arranged marriages. In an arranged marriage, people are introduced to each other through parents, relatives and neighbors. Like my friend Cindy mentioned, people in the United States fall in love with each other and hope that the other pieces that build a relationship will fall in place. This is different from many places in the world where the man and woman don't hope, they have to put the pieces together first. Sometimes, people stay engaged for a long time just because there is not enough money to rent and furnish a home.
Marriage also implies many social expectations.
The rules are more stringent than in America. The definition of arranged marriage does not apply to the situation between Jasmine and Jafar where we are dealing with a forced marriage. On the other hand, by adopting the story, Disney took away the positive elements and left notions that the story is Arabic and the characters are Muslims. Unfortunately, this is true of many films about minorities and unknown groups. This column is an attempt to sensitize viewers to negative stereotypes.