Afaaf and Ahmed met while Afaaf was in medical school in Palo Alto and Ahmed was working in SF. Afaaf's cousin, Sid (also Ahmed fraternity's brother from college at UC Berkeley) had been trying to get the two to meet for a while. After a year of Sid's persistence in match-making, they finally met up. A few dates in, they couldn't get enough of each other. Afaaf eventually matched into residency in Chicago, and Ahmed said "I'm there" without dropping a beat. The rest is history.