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Comment on Beautiful, beautiful Arabic by trailing grouse

trailing grouse — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:40:41 +0000

Haha! In my editing I deleted the paragraph that said what the ad was for. It’s advertising the Kuwaiti mobile phone network called Zain.

Comment on Beautiful, beautiful Arabic by Miss Footloose

Miss Footloose — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:46:35 +0000

How very beautiful! I watched and listed twice and it called up the sounds and flavors of my own experience living in the Middle East. What was the ad for, by the way? I remember my own efforts at learning Arabic while living in Ramallah, Palestine, and learning to write the letters.

I remember reading a sign over a shop and for the first time actually knowing and recognizing the letters: The sh sound, the oo sound and z sound. Shoes! A shoe store! An English word transliterated in Arabic script. What a laugh!

Comment on Foreign woman, Egyptian waiter..love..your views. by T C

T C — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:56:26 +0000

I advise all ladies thinking of entering any relationship with Egyptian men. I started one with a waiter at the hotel i was staying at. He persued me when I returned home, he was full of flattery, i visited him a few times and he thinks that i should pay for him to improve his life, he is not so nice now I have said no. Please take care as I would not have said that he was capable of the things he says and does now.

I met all his friends, family, so they must have been in on it too.

Comment on An evening by the beach by Miss Footloose

Miss Footloose — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:56:25 +0000

Would have enjoyed the sea food and your beach walk! Loved the picture of the hummus/hoummus cart with the mermaid. In Ghana, West Africa, the kiosks and roadside stalls are often decorated and have funny names like Anointed Hands Beauty Parlour or Jolly Friends Drinking Bar. Wish I had had the foresight to take photos of them when I lived there!

Comment on How not to haggle by lynda

lynda — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:25:10 +0000

That sounds like a pretty normal day of shopping in your part of the world… weird thing is I didn’t think I would miss it… but I do.

Comment on Open Agony Aunt by Miss Footloose

Miss Footloose — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:49:56 +0000

Agony Aunt stuff, for sure. I would have no idea how to answer this if I had to. Except to tread very, very carefully. I’ve been around (the globe) for quite some years and what I have learned is that there is nothing easier that misreading cultural clues and misunderstanding what really is going on. It is also easy to become cynical and always believe he worst.

Having said this, it’s all still clear as mud.

Let’s hope your writer has found her bliss one way or another.

Comment on Open Agony Aunt: Egyptian man wanting money by shalimar

shalimar — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:44:10 +0000

This sounds like a scam to me – he may have feelings for you but it is on his terms – what exactly are you getting out of this relationship???
You are the one funding everything and also paying for trips, hotels, meals , most probably his meals his cigerettes, taxis etc the list goes on – without the gifts you take over.
I think you can take a long look at this and either stop all gifts and money and see what he says – if hes playing the trump card and saying things like you “dont love him” or he wont keep in touch etc typical blackmailing tactics on his part – then you know hes not worth the effort.
This women in America – she may be part of these scams – she might not exist they use every trick they can-
Just be careful – stop the money – and go from there.
XXtake care

Comment on Alive by lynda

lynda — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:00:10 +0000

You are, undoubtbly, either the bravest woman I have ever met, or the most stubborn. I haven’t decided yet.
Excellent description “sandpaper tongue”.

BTW.. you will need to remove me from the Egypt Blogs List.. I left..

Comment on Foreign woman, Egyptian waiter..love..your views. by Mrs A

Mrs A — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:36:42 +0000

oh I forgot…NEVER pay for him either.

If he is genuine, this would be shameful for him.

Comment on Foreign woman, Egyptian waiter..love..your views. by Mrs A

Mrs A — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:33:13 +0000

No Orfi.

No to staying with him, get your own hotel and he can drop you off there at night.

Before marriage, meet and talk to his family, its expected.

If his family show no concern that he is marrying a foreigner…is that not strange?

Get to know each other, get engaged and go back home and get to know each other via the net, find out what his views are about the West, western women, western values, what he expects of a marriage, roles responsibilities etc etc.

Many non muslim women marry a muslim man and say ‘I am happy for the kids to be muslim’… Are you? What does this mean, do you know? If you are happy with Islam, why do you not want this for yourself?

Please ask yourself these questions and take your time!!! Egyptian engagements commonly last for a couple of years.

Marry in haste, repent in leisure, still holds true today

Trust me, I speak from experience. But I am now remarried and did things the sensible way, I got to know my husband and our understanding of Islam (we are both muslim) matches. Whereas I find many muslims (including my ex husband) see things completely differently to me.

God created all of us to care for each other, not to fight or judge, NEVER marry anyone who disrespects the West or doesn’t understand western values. Sadly many Muslims in the West already are too judgemental of non muslims, personally I hate that.

Salaam