This Couple Escaped Arranged Marriages in Pakistan. Now They Run a Brooklyn Shoe Brand Whose Revenue Went From $1.8M to $12M in Just 2 Years. Posted by dumbcapital | Jul 17, 2022 | Startup News, Uncategorized | 0 | When Sidra Qasim and Waqas Ali landed in the U.S. not knowing a word of English, they had no idea how far their entrepreneurial journey would take them.