What is it like to live in Cairo, Egypt?
Living in Egypt:There are all classes of residential areas from handmade tin sheds to high end compounds with luxurious houses and all sorts of amenities both widely availableThere are very high population areas at downtown and nearby districts and there are the more quiet suburbs at the city outskirts.All kinds of jobs available from cleaning to corporate CEO in nearly all sectorsAverage standard of living is on the low sideLaw enforcement is not that good (but the crime rate is lower than US)People are easy going and mostly friendly and warmPeople are not very civilTechnology is widely availableThe average people are more on the conservative side (although there is evidence of the opposite to be seen everywhere)Roughly 90% Muslims - 10% Christian (agnostics and others are very rare)Manners are not very goodPopular vehicles: KIA, Hyundai, Toyota, BMW, Mercedes …etc.Taxis and Uber are available also higher end options (limos ..etc.)Driving manners are not good (remember the civility point above)Most people in the city wear international attire (shirt, pants), more culturaly rooted people wear Galabeya (a one piece neck to foot shirt), the majority of women wear headscarf.Winter and spring/autumn weather are beautiful, midsummer is very hot.Families are nicely coherent.People travel to Beaches and they are beautifulPeople love soccerIf you’re smart in Business, you can do good money.Relations and do-whatever-you-wish are much much much more efficient than rules (if rules are of any efficiency at all)People play sports and do other social activities at places called “clubs”Google maps navigation works goodPeople use web social networks a lotYou usually hear the call for prayer everywhere five times a dayPublic schools are a disaster, public universities are betterLots of public services are a disaster too, including public transportation and healthUsually using private services are your option when you have money to get humanly service (and you have good options in this case)Average staff are not very professionalPeople love laughingPeople mostly treat tourists/aliens very wellMost of the population does not use alcohol due to IslamMost of the people call themselves Mulsims yet they practice little of Islam (there are a few religious people to be seen everyday)Enough for now, I might add more later :)
What do you think of Egypt & Egyptians , this is a serious question :) ?
Well my family and I went there recently to see the pyramids, temples, tombs, cruise the nile, etc. We all agreed it really really was beautiful - the nile in particular was gorgeous. The people made me laugh - they are very easy to talk to and they love to make jokes...even when we first stepped on the plane with all the egyptians going to Cairo it sounded like a there was a party going on because of everyone being happy lol. We met everyone - in the touristy places and outside in the smaller towns and they were all very nice. Only problem to be honest is that there are sooo many egyptians (65 million or so, or more i believe) and therefore u can get many poor people...which is sad really. And u get a few beggars here and there - but even the normal people around u will tell u to hang on to ur bags! I expected to see more but I think it depends which parts of Egypt u go to. I think it would be much better for them if they had more opportunities to study/work etc but this applies to many many places in the world. But...I loved Egypt and loved the Egyptians and hopefully will go and visit again someday! Relations between Lebanon and Egypt...don't know about political etc. but for now we share the same type of music! :D
How can we get child support if we are American citizens living abroad in Egypt?
can we get child support if we are American citizens living abroad in Egypt? How can we get child support if we are American citizens living abroad in Egypt? I have three kids and their father lives in the USA. We aren't divorced but he refuses to send us life expenses or school tuition etc. He owns a restaurant in the USA and he verbally abuses us and threatens us all the time. Our kids are all under 16 and American citizens and so am I. Will we be able to get child support? What else can we do?and how We stuck in here because i can't not pay for tickets Plus I'm so scare to be with him again because he tray to kill me before and he used to hit me and make me stay with no food ,, its kinda long story ,, every time i called the police on him , he get out of it , even the family abusing center my friend called them for me but he scare me if i said to them what he used to do to me and my kids he gonna kill me and make me and the kids with no food since my english not good enough as he said no one gonna believe me i'm suffering mentally fiscally and financially,, he send us to egypt and now we can even buy food and he think we far away so he is safe ,,please what i can do to get my kids and my rights , can i make him pay me and my kids expense's over here , since i can't get over there , i'm so scare ,, and since i don't have family in US , he used to abuse me , and if they go to American school over here how or any way to help or cut down the tuition ?
Nervous about Egypt...help?
woow man u have no idea how much i can relate lol.. el nas fi3lan mitghayara 3al a5irrrrrrrrr el hina min el hinak ..w same thing with the classes too..no one talks to anyone unless they know them i think u were in one of my classes wala eh lool..ok bas about the advice i was talking to my firend about the same exact thing about how i'm worried ino akon too shy wala akon ghariba keda bilnisbalhom bas what i got to was don't try and act a certain way ya3ny 5alik keda 3ady chillin keda" hi ya gama3a" w el halawa di..lol i think the thing that's making me ease down on my worrying allittle bit is : 1-i feel 1000000000 times better that mosh ana el waheda fe el donya el 3andy el ihsas da(thank you ) 2-ino fe nas henak 3asal 5alis like i think w allaho a3lam ya3ny bas the majority of the people especially el shabab i met byhibo el hizar w el kalam bykon 3ady keda a2olak haga be amana like this is my problem,it' s that i think too much about what i say ya3ny..just be 3ady i'm telling u and myself this too just don't think too much about it 3ashan when u think alot about something u kind of tend to plan it w plans never work lol so just act be tabi3tak bos inta bas ib2a mitafa2il bas mosh mitafa2il awy bardo 3ashan matitsidimsh min haga ..mathotish fe dimaghak fikra wi7sha wala helwa w it3amil ma3a kol wahid keda 3ady min ghir ma tishghil nafsak awy be el fe dimagho howa ..ok like what i mean is ya3ny i don't know law inta keda bas for me before i say el ana 3aysa a2olo or even after i say anything i always over think what i said ......like i start to be like ifrid el had da fihim el ana 2olto be tari2a ghir el ana asdaha aw ifrid el had da fihim kaza wana kont mosh 3ayza yifarak iny asda kasa or what if now this person thinks ana kaza..( this is soo bad, so low self confadence sometimes)...fahim asdy? ya rab tikon fahimny sa7..lol ok i don't know that might be just me ..lol bas bos after all that talking i mean to tell u to just not over think the mawdo3 and just take it easy and 5aly 3andak a good naya and inshallah u'll be good.. u'r going to stay there forever inshallah? really ? thats a big change dude..be ready ok ya3ny be mentally prepared..don't have a straight picture of masr in u'r head for real b/c everything is always different so just be mentally prepared to face anything.. rabina ma3ak peace
Do Egyptians Have Accents When They Speak In English?
Oh this is a perfect question for me. =) I'm actually Egyptian (but I don't have an accent because I was raised in America). Honestly, it varies greatly. It all depends on how they were raised. If they are poor, they may barely know any English, just simple words like "yes", "no", "hello", etc. If they are more well-educated, their accents might be much better (though still not perfect, and they will stutter a little). So it depends on your character. General mistakes would be: Sometimes they switch the "p" and the "b" in a word. Sometimes when they say something with a "th" (like "the") they'll pronounce it like "za" And sometimes something like "thank" will be pronounced as "sank". Here's the closest video I could find to what you're looking for (this is probably the most average kind of accent, though there are some who speak much better): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsk9fOuai... But keep in mind, that it varies GREATLY. There are British and American schools here that speak only in English, so the children end up speaking nearly accentless English If you have any more questions about this sort of thing, just ask. :) Edit: @7ala is fluffy ? : Yes, I know, that's why I tried to stress how different the accents for Egyptians can be. Usually the people in Egypt who need to speak English regularly for their professions (like doctors or businessmen who normally travel abroad (also like the archaeologist from your video)) have a much lighter accent than the video I posted. But that was the most general Egyptian accent I could find without it being too bad nor too good. Oh and that second video you posted is so funny because it's true. :)
Are Egyptians considered white or black?
Egyptian Americans and Canadians like to consider themselves neither. That’s the PC thing to do. If they think they align with progressives, they DO NOT want to consider themselves white - that’s a travesty. Iranian Americans are like this, too - they’d rather die than submit to saying they’re white or Caucasian. This is particularly true if they’re from New York City or other liberal area.TIME Magazine had an article about an Egyptian activist professor from Detroit who was adamant about being black - he sued the US government to turn his official classification to black. Egyptians might not like thinking about people who look like him, but he looks very black, and not even biracial to Americans’ eyes. If he’s seen as black in the US, then of course he should be classified as black. He’d experience racism as black and not as white or the “Middle Eastern” look that Egyptians tend to have. It’s like how Obama said that he’s black because he’s seen as black, and he identifies as black. This is a very liberal American way of seeing things. People in other countries, particularly black-phobic Arabs, would not see it this way.I read about an Egyptian American teenager who did slam poetry. She looked typically Egyptian - a “Middle Eastern” look, I’d say. No one would see any bit of black in her, but she insisted on putting “African American” on her college application. I suspect it’s mostly because she wanted to benefit from affirmative action. On the other hand, she did say she identified culturally as African American, and her friends were African American (how often does that happen?!). Only media outlets like NPR would pick up a story like that.So to summarize - Egyptians who are progressive Americans or Canadians feel self-righteous about identifying as non-white or black - even if they look white and don’t look the least black. Egyptians and Arabs who do not have this liberal North American sentiment are the only ones who would dare identify as white. I don’t believe many people in Egypt actually identify as black, even if they look black to Americans’ eyes. They really want to separate themselves from the real “Africa” - the sub-Saharan Africans.