egyptian man

Submitted by ursula (United Kingdom), Oct 23, 2011 at 08:48

Dear Catherine

I hope you are fine.

I have read your email and was wondering how different middle east men are from western men. I will never understand that these men can't appreciate the love and efforts a woman has and made for them. The only way is to secularise them. They have too much quoran and haddith in their brain - and the worst the women are the pillar of this giving the education etc. May god help us that there will be a profound change in the mentality and mind in the arabian "heads" to a true respectful behaviour between men and women.

Their understanding of what is freedom and love is so different. I know that we are all brought up with a certain context what is freedom and what is not; and from country to country it is different. But we will never build up bridges between differences when we insist we are right and the other not. They only fear to loose power. No wonder that in most arabian countries we find dictators, poverty or decadence.

You are the mother of his children and he should respect and love you. If he would hold in for a while he might see what he is doing to you - he is not god and he shouldn't behave like that. You can be content and happy that you have been loyal all these difficult years to him and brought up the children. You have done this for the children and you should be proud of it. You might feel very lonely, exhausted but there have and have been also nice times (maybe not with him).

I wish you peace in your heart and mind and that pure happiness will come back in your life.

Masalma

Ursula

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