my view of egypt

Submitted by Kelly (Egypt), Jan 26, 2008 at 05:43

I'm living in egypt and have been now for 3 years. I work here and i'm married to an egyptian muslim, though he has never once asked me to convert to islam! I go out at night alone, and i can tell you that i never get hassled, ive never meet or hear about 'bandits' as straight talking luigi mentioned! True christians here live in the minority, but they are certainly not persecuted, i suggest straight talking luigi that you do your home work before making such drastic comments. True in saudi arabia, egypts neighbour, they persecute christians, but egypt is very different. My husband for example has many friends who are both christian and muslim. His family are very nice to me and accept me for who i am. If you had a good knowledge of the koran, you would know that muslim men are free to marry christian women or jewish women, without them converting!

But i do have some advise for anyone who has meet an egyptian man. Probably about 90% who westerners meet only want visa papers, though there is the minority who are truly genuine. I would look at the age difference, if you are a lot older than him, forget it, muslim men like to have a younger wife. try living in egypt with him for a couple of months and see how it goes.

kelly

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