While living in Washington, Safadi was courted by mail by a Lebanese dry goods store owner in Coaticook, Quebec, named Michael Elias. She eventually agreed to marry him, and in 1961 they wed and she migrated to Canada.[1] There, she wrote the book Arba'un qissa haqiqiya waq'iya (Forty Real-Life Stories), which is based on her experiences as a young woman in the Middle East.[2][2][3] It was published by al-Amrikiya Press in Canada in 1965.[1]