If there’s one reality show we are glued to, Dubai Bling is up there and a lot of that is down to one woman: Safa Siddiqui.
Her immaculate sense of style, the ability to say witty one-liners at the drop of a hat and her no-nonsense approach to drama make her reality TV gold.
And since she rose to fame on Season 1 of Dubai Bling viewers have wanted to know more about her marriage to husband Fahad.
The pair are the power couple of the Netflix hit and it’s obvious from Safa’s social media feeds that their union is filled with love, fun and plenty of extravagant gifts.
Parents to daughters Alina (born in 2020) and Ayana (born in 2022), the husband and wife’s love story did not start as you’d expect, Safa exclusively revealed to Cosmo ME in 2023.
Spilling the 4-1-1 on the truth behind them becoming Mr and Mrs, Safa revealed that she initially friend-zoned Fahad as she got the vibe “he could be a guy friend, who was nice and refreshing.”
Admitting she was “wrong about it”, she explained: “He was too good and ended up being my husband.”
A modern-day love story, Safa was won over by Fahad putting in the work, telling us: “It was very much of a persistent thing from Fahad. But that’s very important for me because if somebody is persistent, I am interested.”
Via @safa_dubai on Instagram
Reflecting on their initial encounters, it sounds like it was fate with Safa sharing: “When Fahad came to my office, it was the first time, he was dealing with a colleague of mine and he was checking me out. I kept bumping into him everywhere and we became good friends. And I was like, ‘Wow! finally, a guy in Dubai who just wants to be friends’“.
Things quickly turned romantic when it was Fahad’s birthday with Safa realising that he did not want a platonic relationship with her (as he dropped some major compliments which made her realise he was interested).
She told Cosmo Me: “But then it was his birthday, he complimented me, and I realised that guys don’t speak to girls that way unless they’re interested in them. And then the rest was history.”
Cute.
However, Safa has been honest that, to begin with, her and Fahad’s relationship goals weren’t *exactly* aligned.
“When I first met Fahad, he wasn’t fully ready for a relationship, but I was straight up about wanting to get married. I find the right guy when you put that boundary, people have no choice but to respect it.”
It worked as the pair got engaged in 2018 and married in October 2019.
Want to read Cosmo ME‘s full interview with Dubai Bling’s Safa? Click here.
Want to see the Dubai Bling cast spill *all* the tea, check out this spicy interview.
Season 1 and 2 of Dubai Bling is available to watch now on Netflix.