To becreative - some more info for you

Submitted by Isis (Australia), Feb 19, 2009 at 19:45

Please stay in a hotel so that you are in control if any issues arise that you need to protect yourself from. i'm certainly not saying that there will be trouble - but just in case you need a safety zone if yu are feeling uncomfortable. Remember,that you do not know this man.

If your friend is between 30 & 40 years old he will be most certainly married and have children. If you visit his family be wary of the possibility of a "sister" living there with her children - this would be in all certainty his wife. Or - he may just send her back to her family for the day. Indicating that he is still living with his family tells me that there is the strong possibility that he is the eldest son and certainly married.

Also it is very unusual for traditional married Muslim Egyptian women to take to or befriend western women. There are of course exceptions as in my case, but this is not the norm. These women have been cloaked in black and domesticity since they were married and primed to this bleak existence since they were born. They generally take exception to the freedom the western women have as they consider it immoral and haram (against Islam) and are usually not very friendly or welcoming towards us.

But, as I said there are exceptions.

All the best and please be careful.

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