04-07-2025
EXCLUSIVE 'I defied my parents to wed a Masai warrior': British woman who converted to Islam for Kenyan tribesman she met aged 16 says marriage collapsed when he 'cheated on her'
When Christina Miles defied her parents' wishes and converted to Islam to marry a Maasai warrior twice her age, she was determined their love would last.
She admits she was a naive 16-year-old schoolgirl and Kenyan-born Juma Hassan, by then 30, was touring the UK as part of a Maasai dance-troupe and stayed in Cleethorpes, where the teenager lived.
