KUALA LUMPUR: Newlywed television personality Azrinaz Mazhar Hakim describes her coming visit to Palestine as a dream come true.
“My husband and I are going to set foot in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem, Palestine. It’s always been my goal in life to be there, and both of us are looking forward to that day which is around the corner,” she said in a news report yesterday.
Azrinaz, 39, and her husband Fairos Khan Abdul Hamid, 43, cannot wait to meet Palestinians from all walks of life and have iftar with them.
“It will be fascinating to explore the city’s many historical sites that are significant in Islamic history.
“Our visit to Palestine may be a honeymoon of sorts, but it is more importantly a spiritual journey, that is best shared by newlyweds,” she said.
Azrinaz, who was once married to Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei, tied the knot with Fairos in a simple ceremony on May 1.
Both of them used to work in TV3 and had known each other for two decades.
Their solemnisation ceremony took place at her house, in the presence of her parents, family members and the Federal Territories Islamic Religious Department’s (Jawi) registrar of marriages, divorces and reconciliations Hazman Hashim.
Azrinaz and the Sultan were married from 2005 to 2010 and had two children Pengiran Muda Abdul Wakeel, 12, and Pengiran Anak Puteri Ameerah Wardatul Bolkiah, 10.