Lives Together, Worlds Apart?

SUMMARY The lives of multicultural Muslim couples is the focus of this paper. It is based on interviews with couples in which the husband is a Muslim of Middle Eastern descent with a wife of European-American or Asian-American descent. These women converted to Islam before or after marriage, or have remained Christian. The opportunities, strengths and challenges in such relationships are discussed, including issues that emerge connected to family, community, and society. In addition, current multicultural therapy competencies are reviewed and approaches, interventions, and strategies that may be useful in the treatment of multicultural Muslim couples are presented.