He is fully responsible for supporting a family financially. The money that a wife earns she usually spends only for her needs and incidental spendings. Therefore, a husband of an Egyptian wife cannot expect her to help him cope with financial troubles.

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Religion may play a role in your relationship, so respecting your partner’s beliefs is important. So unless you’re ready for that next step, just let him have his conversations in peace. Egypt boasts a fascinating history, with relics and landmarks to show for it. Egyptians tend to have incredible pride in their country and their culture.

Egyptians continued to practice their religion undisturbed and largely maintained their own separate communities from their foreign conquerors. The language of administration became Greek, but the mass of the Egyptian population was Egyptian-speaking and concentrated in the countryside, while most Greeks lived in Alexandria and only few had any knowledge of Egyptian. Naturally, each culture has particular social habits and traditions. The same goes with dating practices and courtship. Each culture comes with its own set of rules and customs regarding dating.

I told them that it wouldn’t bother me at all, but if religion really mattered, I don’t think he’d be interested in dating me anyway. I also told them that my current boyfriend was a different religion and they were pretty surprised. They just told me that they had to marry Muslim guy.

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After all, it is one of the most important decisions of a lifetime. Wow, Donovan, you really understood the Egyptian culture. As an Egyptian, I want to tell you that it’s too bad even for us Egyptians. I’m still negotiating with my wife for her to accept that a Brazilian, an Italian, a German and perhaps a French girlfriend would be a huge boost to my language skills.

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My experience dating an Egyptian man was a negative one. But a month later, I dated another man from Egypt, Rafael, and had some of the best experiences of my life. Dating a cowboy, a charming, older man who owned a ranch in Tennessee. He was a gentleman, opened doors for me, surprised me with gifts, even coked for me now and then. I think of him when I meet people like Amir or the cop I dated.

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I felt caught in the middle of two cultures, unable to explain to either side why there was so much hate and misunderstanding. Basically, Egypt is one of the most liberal Muslim countries . However, there are many Egyptian families that are quite democratic when it comes to interfaith marriages. About position of a woman in a society, it really depends on where exactly did you get your experience and what is your origin. More than gender, the position is established by woman’s family wealth or the fact that you are a foreigner.

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Just as long as you stay wary, this could be ok. Remember all contracts are binding and benefit the man. It took me years to understand that most of the men want a financial boost up and easy sex. The religious and cultural differences are HUGE and most women live terrible lives .

You might want to look at human rights watch and look at some of the files I am working on where women are trying to leave the country with their children or get child support. I have known a few foreign women that have married Egyptians and are happy, but what I kept thinking about while reading her response is the political situation we currently have in Egypt. If she had such a bad experience back under the Mubarak regime, consider how much worse it might be now under the Muslim Brotherhood or could be if they get the constitution they are working to get.

I think personally all this generalization of Egyptian men is a little silly.. So in all honesty whats the difference, and very rare do I read about women who have been fleeced.. But on the other hand my ex also stole from me but I havent written a blog on ‘don’t trust English men’ it all runs on the same principle..

Muslim girls just cannot marry of different religion unless either one of them changes his religion to match the others’, this is due to the fact that we were ordered so in our Qur’an. Of course we weren’t ordered to change religions but those who are careless enough about their religion might. Men shouldn’t either but because the obstacle of ‘whose religion the future kid will take’ is solved (since he always takes the father’s religion) they go easy on that one. Hhhhhhhhhhhhh now you know the heroic story of every Egyptian guy want to get married. You are talking bout girl never touched by any man before . Hi there , first of all im Egyptian and what the hell was u thinking marring an egyptian girl that doesn’t speak english ?