for Heidi, a positive experience

Submitted by Kelly (Egypt), Jun 29, 2008 at 05:30

Hi Heidi,

I have been happily married to an egyptian man now for over 3 years. I think that the difference between me and other women on this site is that i meet my husband while he was in the UK. He already had a visa and a job in the UK, so didnt need to use anyone like the men mentioned on this site.

I currently live in Egypt, i have learnt the language (very difficult thing to do, but i took night courses and with help form my husband) so there isnt any translation needed when im with his family. I love living in Egypt, and we visit the UK every couple of months, and he has never had a problem applying for a visa.

Luigi has critisied me many times on this site, because he doesnt believe anyone can have a genuine relationship with a muslim man. I dont think the problem is muslim men. You find Scammers all over the world, every nationality, every religion.

Being honest though - living here in Sharm, i see many men using women for sex and money - but not for visas, they love their country. But you do get the minority who do marry women for visas. But i believe i have found a good muslim man. He currently has a 5 year residency visa for the UK, but why do we live in Egypt? because he prefers Egypt over the UK, he likes his country and he likes to be near his family.

Kelly xx

Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments".