My guess? Desperate, northeastern liberal type. Was all into his exotic-ness and thought his possesive qualities were a sign of how much he loved her...
Sad thing is...this isnt always the case. A good friend of mine is a beautiful, intelligent, college educated woman...got mixed up with an "Ahmed"...she was going to convert to islam...till she found out he gave her the gift that keeps on giving, after he returned from Afghanistan (Pre Taliban ouster). She, by all rights, was conservative in political principles...but she was kinda needy on the attention side of things. Sad. I have never heard any good things come from such a pairing. Not saying there arent good Ahmeds out there...but as a general rule, seems to be a bad idea.