<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><br>Actress Arwa Gouda celebrated her engagement to Italian businessman John Batiste after he changed his name to "Adam", immediately after converting to Islam.<br> Get the latest <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://sbsial.com/ar/features/celebrity-ads">celebrity ads</a> directly on the Special app, where we show you everything new from international stars. <br><br></p><figure class="media"><oembed url="https://www.instagram.com/p/DFGacVus-5I/?igsh=MWtsb3dwdmVyM3kwbw=="></oembed></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><br><span style="font-size:١٫٠٠em;"> </span><br> Arwa posted on her official Instagram account photos from the marriage contract that took place on January 20, 2025, and wrote on the photos: “Praise be to God, by whose grace good deeds are accomplished. My marriage contract has been concluded with the one God chose for me.”</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><br> Arwa Gouda's colleagues rushed around her to congratulate her, most notably Reham Hagag, Donia Samir Ghanem, Rania Youssef, Mai Kassab, Hend Sabry, Mohamed Mamdouh, Heba Magdy, Nahid El Sebaei, and Salma Abu Deif, wishing her happiness and best wishes for a life full of love and happiness.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><br> <span style="font-size:١٫٠٠em;">Arwa Gouda announced her engagement months ago, as the duo appeared together for the first time at the El Gouna Film Festival last October.</span> <br></p><figure class="media"><oembed url="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFFo94NoPTm/?igsh=ZmQyd3A0N3lkMGIx"></oembed></figure><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><br> <span style="color:hsl(187, 48%, 51%);">The love story of Arwa Gouda and the foreign man</span><br></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Arwa Gouda talked in many interviews about the story of her engagement to her Italian fiancé, announcing that he is a businessman who works in the fashion industry between France and Italy, and provides her with all the support in her artistic career, and also helps her in choosing all her clothes.</p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><br> <span style="color:hsl(187, 48%, 51%);">Reason for delaying the marriage contract</span><br></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Arwa Gouda justified the reason for the delay in the marriage contract as the failure to complete some procedures related to his conversion to Islam, stressing that her fiancé does not have accounts on social media.<br></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(187, 48%, 51%);">The reason for Arwa Gouda's relationship with a non-Egyptian man</span><br></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Arwa Gouda confirmed that her engagement to a foreign man was due to her desire to avoid societal pressures due to her work as an actress, stressing that he understood the nature of her work. Arwa Gouda first announced her engagement last year before her father's death, as her father was always asking about her fiancé despite his memory loss.<br> <span style="font-size:١٫٠٠em;">Enjoy interesting and useful content with</span> an exclusive <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://sbsial.com/ar/features/podcast-and-voice-recording"><span style="font-size:١٫٠٠em;">podcast</span></a> <span style="font-size:١٫٠٠em;">that provides you with everything you need to know in a few minutes via the Special app.</span> <br></p><figure class="media"><oembed url="https://www.instagram.com/p/DFGC0ULsdQE/?igsh=MWI4MTAxa2U4bjk1cA=="></oembed></figure><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><br><br> <span style="color:hsl(187, 48%, 51%);font-size:١٫٠٠em;">Arwa Gouda's latest works</span><br></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="font-size:١٫٠٠em;">Arwa Gouda's latest work was the series "Ne'mat Al-Awkatto", which was shown in Ramadan 2024, starring Mai Omar, Ahmed Zaher, and directed by Mohamed Sami.</span></p>