As an Arab woman myself, I do not approve that kind of marriage. Even if it's not considered forced, it's still some kind for matual interest between families, status, and all ''materialistic'' things which is wrong!
We're in the 21st century and these kind of marriages still exist and i find it kind of sad...
It has its postives and negatives, but its negatives are more! Everyone is entitled to their own opinion of course, some who have an experience in arranged marriages know better for sure! But for me as am arabic women, i find them too much and the families end up pressuring the married couple into doing things they are not interested in doing like having children, blah blah blah!
Anyhow, i see it happening everywhere and my hope is to stop these traditional non-sense believes!