Two families, several events, one place to plan it.
AROOS holds the nikah, the aroos and the shaash saar, the households on both sides and the guests they invite, in one connected system built for how a Somali wedding actually happens — in Mogadishu, in Hargeisa, in London, in Minneapolis.
Built around how the day actually comes together
Every screen answers what came before it and what it unlocks next, because a wedding is not a set of separate features.
Two families
A Somali wedding is organised by two families and a committee, not by one couple's account. Each side keeps its own guests, budget and events until the two are ready to share them.
Several events
The nikah, the aroos, the shaash saar — a sequence that rises and settles over days, sometimes across cities. Each event keeps its own guests, venue and detail.
One link per household
Every household is sent a single link. Whoever opens it replies once for everyone inside — no account, no password, no name search.
Everyone doing the work, in one place
There is no single couple account. Each person who organises has a role that matches what they actually do.
- The bride holds full organizer access to the whole wedding, plus sole ownership of her mahr record — no other role may edit, redirect or transfer it.
- The groom shares full organizer access and records the mahr as pledged and paid, but does not hold it himself.
- A family organizer — a mother, an aunt, an elder brother — manages guests, budget and vendors for one side, bride's or groom's, until the two families are ready to see everything together.
- A wedding planner works across events on the family's behalf, with every action attributable, and holds a portfolio of several weddings at once rather than one.
A link on WhatsApp, not an account
Most guests never open a website at all. They open a link a household member sent them, on whatever phone they have, in whatever signal they have.
The invitation already knows which household it belongs to, so there is no name to search for and no password to remember. One reply covers everyone in the house, and it can be changed later without asking anyone for help.
aroos.so/w/ayaan-cabdi- NikahThe contract, kept small.
- AroosThe wedding itself, the peak of the sequence.
- Shaash saarThe bride's own gathering, days after.
Bring both families onto the same link
Start with the wedding's names and its first event. The rest of the family joins from there.