For example, 'bunga orked' refers to the orchid, 'bunga mawar' refers to the rose, 'bunga melati' refers to the jasmine. Christian and Jewish men, on the other hand, are not required by their faiths to love or respect Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) or the traditions of Islam. You have reached the end of the page. dear, expensive, costly. We never attended church. I had made my intention known that I wanted us to stay in Egypt and she was fine with doing that. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on living and find joy. You'll find this word in gardens and parks, because it's usually the beginning half of a flower's name in Malay. I am Iraqi, and I was seeing an American for 2 years. You can make money, but you can't make people! P.S: The lovey-dovey parts.. yeah, lame!! Am an Egyptian girl but I don't love gold. Lesson learned: Guys need a serious set of balls if they want to pursue a girl in the Middle East and a good story to back themselves up when being interviewed by the father. comeon11221. For the rest, read this for an explanation.). Literally: O moon, how beautiful do you look today! also if it happens that I visit Australia and have a bad experience with a bunch of people this doesn't really mean that all the Australian Society are like them. While I didn't have any romantic relationships, I did get to stay with a host family. Trust me ;), i agree with the most of it but specially totally agree with that language barrier thing, as i am an Egyptian who had a relation with a foreign Girl speaks English and i can say that my english is perfect. Skills 4 Living Centre's home, . I have learned so much from him, and he calls me his son. Theyre very narrow-minded which makes me hate living in this country! You're overgeneralizing, am afraid. She worked Egypt Air in the morning and Ain Shams Hospital in Cairo in the afternoon. With respect to the Muslim man marrying a non-Muslim woman from among the People of the Book (Jews and Christians); Prophet Muhammads wife Maria was a Copt from Egypt. First things first, lets learn how to say the word love and I love you in the most basic and common form. sarcophagus: A large stone container that held a mummy's coffin. despite that, God bless you! I say all this to emphasize how little I could be considered as a 'worldly' guy, multi-cultural, all those similar phrases. I am her Habibi and she is my Habibty. it's no good [to deal] with them except with calmness and kind talk). Men harassing is on a date? In reality of course I wasnt any different from anyone else. stella and its diminutive stellina - "star" and "little star". This is especially interesting as most intercultural experiences of this kind, that I heard of, are about a european woman and a man from that part of the world. If I was, my life experience would tell me that I probably would not be so excepting of her families devotion. Sculptors had an important role in ancient Egypt as they carved substitute bodies for the tomb, small funerary statuettes and tombstones. Any advice/tips/expectations on marrying a Muslim Lebanese man born in the West? Unbelievers do (but) beckon you to the Fire. Even being an Egyptian doesn't help as much :D, I read your post and enjoyed every word of it, i am an Egyptian myself and as you have described, our society culture would sound strange to a stranger for the first time, i am glad it all worked out fine for all parties at the end. This kind of relationship does wonders for your target language skills. ;), man iam egyptian but most of the opticals that you had is one of the reasons that i dont think of getting married any time soon .. man well wrote really like it, man iam Egyptian but most of the optical that you had is one of the reasons that i dont think of getting married any time soon .. man well wrote really like it. To put it simply, you can describe someone as being sweet and that could be considered platonic, but if you call them sweetie that is definitely non-platonic. Yeah its true they are like North Koreans or Chinese people u can say and i say they are like Indian People in Marriage Family and they talk alot like the Indians they are like Indians actually but better and less more cleaner than them but they are so rude i'm wondering how France colonies their country Spain should must colonized their country not France Spanish People talk alot marry with family permission and keeping family in their lifes forever for rude and non-stop headache and hardworking people as well i dont know. YOU CAN LOOK ME UP ON FACE BOOK (+2-0100-857-0-857)IF YOU WANT TO RESPOND (I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH HOW BLOGS WORK, I THINK THIS IS A BLOG). Thanks Donovan for your Arabic Lesson, I get called bata a lot by my Egyptian man and I hate it, I surmised it meant duck because he said it wasn`t a chicken but didn`t know the English for duck, this went on for three years, so thanks for confirming it. The writing surface for Egyptian scribes. Hint, if the girl cant speak english, Shes probably from a poorer more religious traditional family hence the terrible experience. And beutiful. Lmao I laughed so hard reading that mate.I am an Egyptian girl ( muslim on papers)i almsot speak 3 languages and about to get married to a french guy hopefully it will go fine for us I know what u talking about and how hard it is but we managed u were not lucky enough but u had an adventure though, Congratulations You are safe.Fortunately, you did not sign the list().Be happy as you did not go to prison.. There are lots of terms of endearment (pet names) in Egyptian Arabic Every language is full of pet names people give to one another when they're in love. If the man does not wish to raise his children as Christians/Jews, or does not care much about religion one way or the other, then she might ask herself why she would marry someone like that, unless of course, she is of the same mind. However, I liked 'It's like youre marrying the whole family not the girl' I truly agree. I think love can do anything it means learn to give and be patient. If your relationship outwardly shows your love for each other, and each of your unique personalities are displayed with positivity, the people walking alongside you on the street will respect you. hhhhhhhhhhhhh now you know the heroic story of every Egyptian guy want to get married. It took a very bad marriage and almost losing my live by an abusive Egyptian husband for 7 years to break away from all the control and traditions. I feel like our love for each other has been a vehicle for breaking down cultural barriers that often stand in the way of young couples in love. It changed my life. And yes in Egypt they are very conservative only because it's an Islamic countries; some Christians are forced to be covered in clothe because of their religion but as far as no sex before marriage, so that is because we follow the bible rules! My advise to anyone egyptian or non egyptian stay away from marrying an egyptian girl Get someone who love u for who u r not for how much u got. My wife and her siblings were raised with the same shows I watched as a kid, liked the same little kid pop music I did, PLUS them being raised on all the popular Egyptian culture, whereas I was not. I want people to know that alot of families in Egypt marry foreign people all the time and its no big deal at all, its just like being in canada or the U.S u can date and do what you want and never have to meet the dad unless you both wanted that, none of that crap you went through! With a name like "grammie," expectations are high. We get off easy in the West only having to buy a wedding band. I can imagine how odd it was for you to deal with such traditions.I am an Egyptian girl I know what your talking and it is sad for me. Would you use any of them? As I am an atheist and I am in love with an another atheist guy. To hell with that! Sad to know your girlfriend family and dad could not have been patient and waited til you came back within a year. And most likely the only way to do that is if the girl agrees to leave the country. You wrote so many things which I experienced in my life. any advises? Omg! Oh by the way she can speak very good English and we live in Canada. And your food is permitted to them. I know I live in the western world (US, specifically), but I guess I thought that the rest of the world would still be pretty liberal. Marrying me did not affect her female independence at all. And i dated girls in both Damascus and Beirut when i was student, from other sects they where fine with my religious views, am not saying the levant is Europe but things are much better in matters of accepting the others, maybe because we have many religions other than muslims/christians thing (like alawit,murshedi, doroze,etc). bt5ter3y el zarra" and stuff. my finace had to go back to america after 3 weeks only, he wont be able to come back except after 8-10 months :( so now we just call and waiting desperately for us to be joined again. You can imagine the thoughts running through my mind. I don't know if it makes a sense.. need to ask u if this is really a big issue loving a Muslim girl? Think: honey, sugar, sweetie, cupcake, muffin, buttercup, and any sweet and delicious pastry you could think about. I believe Egyptian men became very weak and not strong enough to marry or handle an Egyptian woman! Its worth noting that new generations dont really use this expression as much. we love each other's company) = love in the sense of kindness or friendship (i.e. This is a fantastic post. Her immediate family speaks both Arabic and English. It's frustrating not being able to fully express your emotions in a foreign language, especially when involved in a romantic relationship. I hate the fact we can not have privacy except in the bathroom, even i think we cant have it in the bathroom nowadays :D. About the materialism , I believe that it depends on the families and their background, even though its major in Egypt but I personally do not have this in my family, my dad was telling us (me and my sisters) We are buying a man so we don't care about how much he will pay for u or get u as a gift for marriage! It's really discouraging. There are many things I found to be good about approaches to marriage in Egypt; though I do think that finance-wise there should be less materialism and more leniency. JASHA KANOZ JAHA PAHAN MAHOVA. I really look forward to get an answer from you! However she's become more flexible with her son throughout the years in terms of going out to parties etc. . I paid out nearly 100k usd and we loved each other. Ha!) Its a strong, emotive statement that you hear in songs a lot. So we writted each other on linkedin about our jobs and duties, later asked me for my whatsapp and all started. As an Arab and ex-muslim, i would sadly approve most of the above mentioned, people in middle east are still attached to religion, their acts, ideas, even their daily talks are affected by religion. Loved it. His family thinks every single American is rich. Lesson learned: Being in a relationship with someone who doesnt speak your language really teaches you a lot about properly expressing yourself in their tongue. Clue: Term of endearment ANSWER: PET Did you find the answer for Term of endearment? Every dad treats his daughter as if she's Paris Hilton. I went to india for few weeks and the marriage was made there and I must say that it works a similar way in India as u said it is in Egyptespecially when it comes to privacy :D And yes its very irritating to hear all people around u talking abt how the love of ur life is in fact just trying to use uI stopped talking to many people around me bcs of this but I dont regret itthats lifeI lost some people but I gained a great husband :) Thank u again for nice article I really enjoyed reading it. If anyone knows her, I would love to have her contact details. On the other hand, if people are not so connected to the faith, such that they can easily fall in love with somebody else; they find this to be welcome and possible, well then if they want to marry outside of the faith then they have to be aware of the consequences. There is too much differences between us specially the religion, culture and lifestyle but at least we know how to deal with that all.Anyways thanks!Very nice story mabrook!! I am sorry you had such a difficult experience. I studied Arabic in Jordan for 2 months this past summer.