Dating online an arab - the case of a moroccan man-

Submitted by universalist (Morocco), Jan 1, 2010 at 18:51

Hello amanda001,

First of all, happy new year & best wishes.

I'm a young moroccan in his mid-twenties and this is the first time i post something in this blog (moreover, I usually don't participate to discussions in forums about arab's approach to life and their societal representations since I'm deeply disappointed about their systemic failures in everything)

Let's just not get sidetracked as someone wrote earlier here.

I'm not married (that makes it esaier to write here, i guess) but know a couple of stories that happened to some moroccan friends.

In 99% of the cases, the moroccan man - either educated or not- is the centerpiece in any marriage. In Arab societies, identity is a thorny problem and even if men & women wear some kind of modernity makeup, they will always come back to conservatism when dealing with their social life, especially marriage.

Arab women are tormented by the ghost of living single during their whole life which strengthens -inadvertently or not- men's view that they are superior to them.

As for dating online, i don't think it's a good idea since there's no real communication between you and him beacause a real relationship involves testing each other gestures and unanticipated reactions.

Hope it will help you somehow.
regards,

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