Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Middle East and North Africa	Sunday	lol, happy Sunday! For some of use though, Monday can be a good thing as it means possibilities for good news. The day I can hate Mondays totally again will be a good one though.	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-10-19 02:50:00
Middle East and North Africa	Calling MENA....need your prayers and encouragement	I have noticed Iraqi women get here so easily and those of us with Iraqi men wait forever. Why do they assume if it is a woman immigrant than the marriage must be real, but if it is a male immigrant than it isn't? (especially from the middle east) For those of us waiting, I hope we all eventually get the good news we desperately need. Everyone deserves a chance at happiness regardless of other's opinions.	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-10-18 22:45:00
Middle East and North Africa	Calling MENA....need your prayers and encouragement	I wish the best for you and your SO in this next appointment. Hopefully it will not be as bad as it sounds.	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-10-18 12:53:00
Middle East and North Africa	Visa in Hand	Congratulations!!!! That is so wonderful. So when is he coming? I am sure you want him here soon.	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-10-20 09:50:00
Middle East and North Africa	Islamic marrage in Morocco	I just showed up at the SSN office after getting married and changed my name with the marriage license (they wanted to translate it themselves and wouldn't take my translation). I never filed the papers anywhere else here in the US except for immigration.	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-10-12 00:55:00
Middle East and North Africa	Is your spouse the jealous type????	I had to stay in a hotel for a little while once and my husband was concerned over the gender of the maids and if it was really necessary to let them clean my room, lol. He eventually calmed down and got over it. I pointed out that almost all maids in America are women.	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-10-20 00:06:00
Middle East and North Africa	Is your spouse the jealous type????	QUOTE (TinaMsea @ Oct 19 2008, 06:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Mine is very jealous, but he's getting better. One of my male friends wrote him an email congratulating him on our marriage and he flipped. That was 2+ years ago. He's doing better now, but mostly because we have come to an agreement and we trust each other. I'm never alone with an unrelated male outside of work and he's never alone with an unrelated female. It does get tough when the maintenance guy comes. We're still having the discussion about hugging, too. But not with the maintenance guy! My husband worries about men having to come in for things like maintenance, internet, satellite. There was no way around it so he had to deal with it, but I hated getting the "be careful" speach over something I couldn't help. Now my father lives with me so it resolved so many issues in that regard and my husband feels more comfortable. My dad is really easy to live with and has lived with me a couple times before so it is no big deal. I generally enjoy having someone else around and my dad is good about fixing things and helping with cleaning so I can't beat that!	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-10-19 22:17:00
Middle East and North Africa	Is your spouse the jealous type????	My husband is definitely the jealous type. It bothered me at first as I wasn't used to it that much. Over time we have worked it out and he trusts me more. Definitely no room for male friends as he is really against that, but I don't really have any now days anyway. I think if we visit people together that is no problem, but he just can't handle the idea of me being alone with other men for any reason unless it is absolutely necessary. It doesn't bother me as I don't want him alone with other women.	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-10-19 16:54:00
Middle East and North Africa	Things rough for me too!	QUOTE (Hanging in there @ Oct 19 2008, 03:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (tammy2688 @ Oct 18 2008, 10:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Most middle eastern men are aloof - out of the hundreds I know in my life and from hearing stories of my aunts family....thats exactly how all of them are. Generally not bad, but not the connecting with wife and being a soft shoulder type. Tina you have to forget about the warmness you want and focus more on getting him intot he shape you need him to be in. I don't think he will change, my mother tried more than 2 decades and still no luck. I told her to focus on herself from now on. You do the same. If he gives extra support, good - if not, then you got yourself to fall back on. This visa journey is miserable enough, he should understand your pain but i find few husbands do. see if you guys can get more activites together and i think he just isnt understanding the reality of it all - the more he loves you, the more you would love him back and there would be harmony he may not understand it today or tomorrow but maybe in a few years when he gets the hang of life here sending you my love, your friend tam I think it depends on the man and the situation and whatever life hands you at the moment. When I am doing ok with my husband, he has sex with me every day sometimes 2 times. When things are bad, he can go days without even talking to me. I dont think mena men are aloof. I think they are when they dont want to be with you anymore or are pissed at you. When A MENA man is in love with you, aloof is the FARTHEST thing from their minds. I have had real love before I met my husband with an arab and it was real love and he wasnt aloof. My husband when he isnt phasing in and out of his MULTIPLE personalities can be very passionate, interested, animated and yes romantic. One of my friends on MENA thinks he is narcissistic and frankly I have to agree. Its not normal not to be touched held and talked to by a mena man. If they love you, they talk to you. They have sex with you. They hold you.. They want to be with you. You can psychoanalyse this junk all day long.. but men are men are men are men. If they are touching you, talking to you and paying attention to you, they want to be with you. If they are doing other things they are either not interested any more in you or cheating or pissed. I think its unfair to the woman to question herself when frankly it is HIS DEAL. I think she either needs to tell him HEY I AM PISSED or just get lost for a while until he misses her. I dont buy this whole aloof #######. Men pay attention when they are in love. They dont ignore...My husband did so many awful things that I am having a hard time even accepting the times when he isnt cause I am so resentful and mad at him from everything. That carries over. Its hard to start fresh when you are pissed off Every man is different. Some just don't show as much affection. My ex-fil would not even drink after his wife and never showed any kind of affection to her where we could see. I got the impression there wasn't much cuddling alone either, but he loved his wife very much and had been married to her for nearly 30 years at that point. He just had a different way of showing how he cared. It was weird to me, but it was obvious that his wife was his only love.	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-10-19 22:34:00
Middle East and North Africa	Things rough for me too!	QUOTE (caybee @ Oct 18 2008, 11:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> FWIW, his Internet connection and cell phone when he arrived were probably two of the most important tools in my husband's adjustment. He made voice/video calls home on the computer using Skype, constantly in the beginning, and he used the phone for connecting with new friends here, some of whom I frankly did not care for. I never tried to curtail his use of either one, although there were certainly weeks, maybe months, where he spent most of the day online. There were times neither of us could see progress in his adjustment, but it was happening beneath the surface. He learned to use Craigslist and started throwing resumes out there in his halting English. Sometimes he asked me to clean them up for him first, and sometimes he just did his thing, shotgun approach. He went out with new acquaintances only to learn they didn't have his best interests at heart. He fell on his face many times, and every time he did, he learned something. If I'd taken that computer away, even when I was feeling overworked and he was keeping the sofa warm, in our case, it would likely have damaged our relationship because it truly was a lifeline for him. There were days when the only thing that helped was seeing his parents and sibs crammed into the view of the webcam, everyone chattering at once, and yeah, for many hours. I don't say this to discount what several people have gone through with lack of communication, lack of affection, sometimes outright abuse, and an apparent lack of interest in the marriage by the immigrant spouse. They have my deepest sympathy and support in making the tough decisions that only they are qualified to make. All I'm saying is that not every MENA man who comes here and burns up the Internet for a few months when it seems to us that they could be doing something more productive is going to continue that way forever. I believe many, perhaps most MENA men don't want to dump everything on their wives. They want to get out there and pull their weight, but the adjustment can be so overwhelming that it can immobilize them for a while. That's annoying as anything, especially when the USC has been busting it just trying to juggle everything long enough for him to arrive, and then for him to get here and seemingly just park it... I know, really. But in many cases where the relationship is otherwise respectful on both sides, if the USC is able to hang in there just a bit longer, through the moodiness and inactivity while he fights to adjust, both partners may find themselves on the other side of the cloud face to face with the "real" partner they fell in love with in the first place. That is really good advice I will keep in mind when my husband comes. The one thing I thank God for is my husband is always concerned about my well being. He freaks out if I have even a minor injury and he always wants to know how my day is. I can't tell you how many times he was sneaking hugs whenever no one was looking. We used to sit on the balcony of his apartment (which was on the 1st floor) and drink tea. He always wanted me to put my feet up on him though I suspect people in the buildings accross from us could see it, lol. We began to know which ones were watching us each day. We often held hands out on the street even when the old women gave us dirty looks for it, lol. As for our attitudes, we often show our worst to each other. I am never afraid to show I am in a bad mood. If he feels I am being rude or disrespectful then he tells me. If I don't like how he acts, I tell him. We may not live together yet, but we really try to be real with each other. Some days we fight and it could be over something silly. Mostly though, i noticed the arguing has become less the longer we wait to be together. We have been learning each other's moods and know what we can say or not say. I'm interested to see all the new things we will face once he is here. I think we will have to relearn some things as we didn't face them before. That is what I appreciate about reading people's advice who have been through those adjustment phases. I try to share with my husband the problems others have had so we can discuss them and know each other's expectations. I'm hoping this prepares us better for when he is here.	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-10-19 00:09:00
Middle East and North Africa	OMG!!!!!!	That is so sad and horrible. I hope they punish the teacher severely not only because he deserves it but to show the other teachers that kind of behavior is not tolerated. I cannot imagine what this boy's family must be going through, God bless them.	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-10-28 22:07:00
Middle East and North Africa	U.S. closes its embassy in Syria for a day over security fears	QUOTE (Olivia* @ Oct 31 2008, 12:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> My Husband told me about an American Military operation crossing into Syria recently killing several civilians. Is the war spreading to Syria or is this an isolated incident? I hope it is an isolated incedent because other than Syria having poor border security and letting the wrong kind of people in their country, they aren't really a threat. Their military is too small to fight the US and they don't really threaten the US with anything serious anyway. Iran would be my bigger concern though the Iraqi government would fight all the way to prevent the US from using Iraq to get to Iran. Most of the Iraqi government is buddies with Iran and loves them.	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-10-31 00:36:00
Middle East and North Africa	U.S. closes its embassy in Syria for a day over security fears	Its crazy to picture that protest. I've been to the US embassy there and the surrounding neighborhood as me and my husband would always walk around to shops and things after stopping at the embassy. It is right at a V of two streets which is kind of akward. I hope things get worked out one way or another.	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-10-31 00:33:00
Middle East and North Africa	U.S. closes its embassy in Syria for a day over security fears	I read about that and thanked God I switched my husband over to the Jordan embassy. My heart goes out to those with spouses in Syria as I'm not sure what this is going to mean for them. My husband is also worried about how this will effect all the Iraqi refugees as Damascus has cut off relations with the Iraqi government.	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-10-31 00:17:00
Middle East and North Africa	Prayers Needed	QUOTE (Rajaa_Reda @ Oct 31 2008, 09:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ooohhhhh I hate this part! I don't understand how someone from say Phillipeans (just an example no flaming pleases) can go through the process in record time but our men our made to wait years... I understand the whole background check but come one!! If our men were bad do you think they would go to all this trouble??? They can come over on a nother visa, or get residancy somewhere else can come over as a student and not require a background check. from my understanding it's only the CR1 that goes through this process and while the k3 still requires it done they can be here in the country and have AP.... so my question is what's the point??? Sorry this is a touch of a hot button with me. forgive me if i offended anyone I think there is little sympathy for those of us who married MENA guys at immigration. Just a theory, maybe a few care, but not many. The thing is that we have a right to be with our spouses too just like everyone else. We have a right to at timely process. Most of the MENA marriages are not getting anything resembling a timely process. It really is frustrating.	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-10-31 09:23:00
Middle East and North Africa	Prayers Needed	It seems so cruel how they make us wait so long to be with our spouses and no one really cares. Its like they just think you shouldn't have married a foreigner and especially not someone from the middle east as then you wouldn't have this problem. Of course they have never been in this situation so they don't understand. It helps so much to have everyone here supporting each other and being understanding. For you, I pray that you get good news soon and this wait is over. Somehow God will give you and your husband the strength to endure whatever is left of the wait. Remember myself and everyone else are here for you.	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-10-31 00:51:00
Middle East and North Africa	MY HUSBAND GOT THE CALL!!!	I am so happy to hear your good news! That is so wonderful and you deserve this chance at happiness. Now you just have to figure out when he will come here. Keep us updated.	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-10-31 17:04:00
Middle East and North Africa	Happy Halloween!	QUOTE (sara535 @ Oct 31 2008, 09:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Happy Friday and Happy Halloween, hope everyone is well Ahhhh, so cute!	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-10-31 09:29:00
Middle East and North Africa	Happy Halloween!	QUOTE (Ash * Habibati @ Oct 31 2008, 09:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Happy Halloween and Happy Friday MENA! I don't know who is more excited, Aaron or Jihed Aaron is going to teach him "how to trick or treat" before we leave tonight. He has plans on putting Jihed in a room and knocking on the door haha He's going to be a cowboy. He wanted to be Indiana Jones, but absolutely no luck finding a costume and I'm too tired and lazy to make one, so he decided on a cowboy outfit because it looked a lot like an Indie costume. Ahhh, I bet Aaron looks so cute. Are you going to put pics up later for us?	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-10-31 09:17:00
Middle East and North Africa	Happy Halloween!	Good morning MENA! I hope everyone that participates remembered to buy the candy for the trick or treaters. As for the parents, have fun out there tonight if you do take your kids out. Everyone else have a great day.	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-10-31 07:58:00
Middle East and North Africa	MY SON IS IN ICU	I'm so sorry to hear about your son. Inshallah he will get better and treatment will help him. He will be in my prayers.	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-10-30 18:39:00
Middle East and North Africa	Its official	Congratulations!!!! I am so happy for you. Sounds like you had a really fun marriage, lol. I can't imagine how suprised everyone was!	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-11-02 10:39:00
Middle East and North Africa	The 'Linda, HLM & Lulu' thread	QUOTE (HisLittleMasriyah @ Oct 30 2008, 07:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (just_Jackie @ Oct 30 2008, 06:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey HLM...how you doing? Don't be nervous! Be happy and calm. We will be right here waiting for you when you are done. Jackie Well i was suffering from anxiety all day!!! now im a little calmer may be becoz im sleepy but i know for sure im taking Valium that night!! lol Thank you so much for asking Jackie yes i cant wait till this day is finally here and come home with good news. Inshallah you will have good news and we will all be congratulating you!!! I can't imagine the anxiety you must feel as it gets close.	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-10-30 22:03:00
Middle East and North Africa	The 'Linda, HLM & Lulu' thread	Good luck to you all. I hope everything goes smooth and visas are in hand soon!	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-10-30 18:53:00
Middle East and North Africa	obama the new president	QUOTE (Yass @ Nov 6 2008, 08:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Forget abt Obama, he is worst than Bush for middle esterns check it out this article in Washington post f*** the US policy when it comes to US they will always look at us as Terrorist no matter how comes to the presidency . I tend to avoid living in countries that I don't like their policies, call me crazy if you want to, but it makes sense to me.	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-11-06 22:36:00
Middle East and North Africa	obama the new president	QUOTE (sussemadel @ Nov 5 2008, 09:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (S and S @ Nov 5 2008, 06:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (sussemadel @ Nov 5 2008, 01:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (sussemadel @ Nov 5 2008, 12:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (S and S @ Nov 4 2008, 11:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Rajaa_Reda @ Nov 5 2008, 12:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ohhh please a friend of mine said in Lebanon they were watching it... and called me to say ask who won when she woke up (no power at that time)... I told her and I heard a bunch of cheering in the background. My husband is in Spain him and his room mates were huddled around a tv..none of them have ties (except my husband) to the U.S. but it means alot to alot of people did you see the pics of the people in Kenya???? the world is celebrating I didn't see those pics as my father lives with me and he is so upset that he turned the tv off, lol. I must sneak the tv on from my bedroom so I can catch some more coverage now! I may not have liked the outcome but that doesn't mean I don't want to see what is happening and stay up to date. This is a historical day! I had to listen to Obama's speech in arabic on aljazeera so my father wouldn't get annoyed by hearing it, lol. He can't understand the arabic so it doesn't bother him. sorry...meant to actually reply to this thread i would hope that anyone married to an arab (especially in Iraq), would want a president that actually wants to withdraw sooner than 100 yrs from now, and unite this world, rather than keep us divided, actually start talking and discussing our differences rather than start wars...sorry, JMHO..didn't mean to stir up things. can't understand how anyone that's married to an arab would want to continue these policies.. I find that comment extremely offensive since you can't simply ask my opinion and reasons and instead you just form your own opinions and assumptions. Intolerance of ideas really bothers me as it is obvious you were trying to insult me. Why do you think I was trying to insult you? If you have listened to Obama's speeches, you would know that he has NEVER advocated pulling our troops out of Iraq immediately. And if you read my post, you would see that I wrote it's my opinion. That's what this is about... being able to state your opinions. OBviously, I'm not the only one with these opinions, as the majority voted and does want CHANGE in this country. Now I will ask you, are you happy with your last president of 8 yrs and his policies? Your choice that you voted for, was happy with him, as he voted 90% of the time with him. And alot of Americans, like me, want some of those billions spent on an unnecessary war, actually spent building up our country. Once again, this is my opinion, you stated yours and I would like to state mine. No insulting here...sorry if you took it that way. If you read back to your first comment, you did attack me when I had only said at that time I didn't prefer Obama. I had said nothing more. Yet you made a big deal and acted like I was being unreasonable because I prefered a different candidate? Who are you to tell me who I should vote for based on my husband's nationality? This is where my problem came in and why I was offended by your comment. As if my husband being Iraqi automatically requires me to vote for Obama and if I don't then it is some kind of betrayal to my husband. I was perfectly respectful in my comments and even said I hope Obama will bring about the positive change he claims he will. What was wrong with my statements that you had to be so rude? Everyone else saw my comments for what they were. Me saying that I didn't prefer Obama but I said nothing bad about him when you made your comment. You couldn't even ask the simple question of why? You just went off on a tangent about what you think Obama might do that is good and how I must not like those things. As for Bush, I never voted for him so I can't say that one was my fault or that I agreed with him. I also later stated I didn't like McCain either. It is a matter of which candidate I at least had some things I could agree with. The candidates I liked didn't make it to the primary election.	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-11-05 18:46:00
Middle East and North Africa	obama the new president	QUOTE (narina77 @ Nov 5 2008, 08:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I cried tears of joy that he won. I'm sorry, S & S that you got offended, but I was thinking the same exact thing as the others, about how anyone would want US occupation of Iraq. Your point is well taken about the Shia and Sunni issues. However, troop withdrawal was only one of the issues in the campaign. Obama's economic, healthcare, and environmental ideas outshined McCain's by far. That is why I think there is no need to be sad that he will (Inshallah) be our next president. Hey, each person is entitled to their own opinions and views. If his plans are in line with what you want to see happen than I am glad you got the candidate you wanted. I hope I am wrong and that his policies turn out to be good ones. I didn't see it that way and still don't, but no one will be more happy than me if it turns out Obama's plans work out for the best. I hope everyone understands I am open minded but I look at things from a different angle than many others. I have the right to my own opinions of what is best for the country, doesn't mean I am right or anyone else. Now we have to wait it out and see if these changes really are realistic and positive.	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-11-05 09:33:00
Middle East and North Africa	obama the new president	QUOTE (HisLittleMasriyah @ Nov 5 2008, 08:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (S and S @ Nov 5 2008, 09:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I guess you would have had to go to Iraq and know the politics to understand which is why you think Obama is doing some kind of favor to Iraq. It saddens me you all don't realize the repercussions of the troop withdrawels. I could explain it at great lengths and spend hours on here though I doubt anyone has the time to read all that. The big thing that people fail to realize is Iraq has a shia majority. My husband is sunni and was forced out of Iraq because of that majority. Iranian weapons come into Iraq on a daily basis and Iranian influence on the Iraqi government is very strong as it was Iran that provided assylum to many of the Iraqi government officials now in office. Do the research on the Iraqi president, prime minister, etc. Sadam forced them out and I never liked Sadam, but that isn't the point. The point is why did he kick them out, they were loyal to Iran. Now if you have no problem handing Iraq over to Iran than of course this is good news to you. For me, I want to see Iraq be united and its own country. There are ways to do this, but pulling the troops out suddenly is going to cause civil war and provide an easy opening for Iran to come in and "take over the problem". If you were watching al-jazeera you would have heard comments by some Iraqis about their fear of this very thing happening. I heard clear as day one Iraqi man say in arabic "I am scared of Obama, he will take the troops away so fast and leave us". My husband prefers the troops withdraw, but he is also resigned to the fact he can never live in Iraq again so it no longer matters again. His whole family has been forced to leave. For me, that makes me sad to see Iraq fall apart so badly with no hope of it being what it was decades ago. By no means i know anything about whats going on there. But i think he knows he cant pull out fast and that it has to be done gradually! What i meant is that when security is restored in the country there will be no need for the US army to be there. Thats a good thing to me but may be u re right! At the end of the day i do hope things get better there and the death of innocent ppl wd end I do hope there is a troop withdraw eventually. I just want it done the right way where it does the least damage and actually helps. I would love the see Iraq on its own within a few years. My fear is that Obama will take them out to fast without the proper planning and considerations. Aside from that I also don't like any of his policies domestically either which also causes me to not agree with him. As for McCain, I never liked his ideas for Iraq either as I think that troop increase was like putting a bandaid on a big wound. It was a temp fix at best. What disappoints me is that there were a lack of candidates that had plans for Iraq I could agree with. This left me with chosing the candidate that had policies domestically I could agree with since neither would be fixing Iraq in the right way. The thing with McCain is he had to withdraw troops eventually during his term as these deals have already been started with the Iraqi government and congress is still a democratic majority so they wouldn't support a continued troop presence in Iraq for long.	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-11-05 09:26:00
Middle East and North Africa	obama the new president	QUOTE (sussemadel @ Nov 5 2008, 01:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (sussemadel @ Nov 5 2008, 12:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (S and S @ Nov 4 2008, 11:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Rajaa_Reda @ Nov 5 2008, 12:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ohhh please a friend of mine said in Lebanon they were watching it... and called me to say ask who won when she woke up (no power at that time)... I told her and I heard a bunch of cheering in the background. My husband is in Spain him and his room mates were huddled around a tv..none of them have ties (except my husband) to the U.S. but it means alot to alot of people did you see the pics of the people in Kenya???? the world is celebrating I didn't see those pics as my father lives with me and he is so upset that he turned the tv off, lol. I must sneak the tv on from my bedroom so I can catch some more coverage now! I may not have liked the outcome but that doesn't mean I don't want to see what is happening and stay up to date. This is a historical day! I had to listen to Obama's speech in arabic on aljazeera so my father wouldn't get annoyed by hearing it, lol. He can't understand the arabic so it doesn't bother him. sorry...meant to actually reply to this thread i would hope that anyone married to an arab (especially in Iraq), would want a president that actually wants to withdraw sooner than 100 yrs from now, and unite this world, rather than keep us divided, actually start talking and discussing our differences rather than start wars...sorry, JMHO..didn't mean to stir up things. can't understand how anyone that's married to an arab would want to continue these policies.. I find that comment extremely offensive since you can't simply ask my opinion and reasons and instead you just form your own opinions and assumptions. Intolerance of ideas really bothers me as it is obvious you were trying to insult me.	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-11-05 09:04:00
Middle East and North Africa	obama the new president	I guess you would have had to go to Iraq and know the politics to understand which is why you think Obama is doing some kind of favor to Iraq. It saddens me you all don't realize the repercussions of the troop withdrawels. I could explain it at great lengths and spend hours on here though I doubt anyone has the time to read all that. The big thing that people fail to realize is Iraq has a shia majority. My husband is sunni and was forced out of Iraq because of that majority. Iranian weapons come into Iraq on a daily basis and Iranian influence on the Iraqi government is very strong as it was Iran that provided assylum to many of the Iraqi government officials now in office. Do the research on the Iraqi president, prime minister, etc. Sadam forced them out and I never liked Sadam, but that isn't the point. The point is why did he kick them out, they were loyal to Iran. Now if you have no problem handing Iraq over to Iran than of course this is good news to you. For me, I want to see Iraq be united and its own country. There are ways to do this, but pulling the troops out suddenly is going to cause civil war and provide an easy opening for Iran to come in and "take over the problem". If you were watching al-jazeera you would have heard comments by some Iraqis about their fear of this very thing happening. I heard clear as day one Iraqi man say in arabic "I am scared of Obama, he will take the troops away so fast and leave us". My husband prefers the troops withdraw, but he is also resigned to the fact he can never live in Iraq again so it no longer matters again. His whole family has been forced to leave. For me, that makes me sad to see Iraq fall apart so badly with no hope of it being what it was decades ago.	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-11-05 09:01:00
Middle East and North Africa	obama the new president	QUOTE (Rajaa_Reda @ Nov 5 2008, 12:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ohhh please a friend of mine said in Lebanon they were watching it... and called me to say ask who won when she woke up (no power at that time)... I told her and I heard a bunch of cheering in the background. My husband is in Spain him and his room mates were huddled around a tv..none of them have ties (except my husband) to the U.S. but it means alot to alot of people did you see the pics of the people in Kenya???? the world is celebrating I didn't see those pics as my father lives with me and he is so upset that he turned the tv off, lol. I must sneak the tv on from my bedroom so I can catch some more coverage now! I may not have liked the outcome but that doesn't mean I don't want to see what is happening and stay up to date. This is a historical day! I had to listen to Obama's speech in arabic on aljazeera so my father wouldn't get annoyed by hearing it, lol. He can't understand the arabic so it doesn't bother him. Edited by S and S, 05 November 2008 - 01:26 AM.	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-11-05 01:23:00
Middle East and North Africa	obama the new president	I was watching Al-Jazeera (arabic) and they seem to like him a lot. I found it funny to see they put up one of those big screens with the US map and they color coded the states like the US news agencies do, but theirs had arabic words on it. Ironic that a middle eastern news agency was reporting this election just as much as the American agencies were, lol.	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-11-05 01:10:00
Middle East and North Africa	obama the new president	I am happy to see a minority can be president so for that it was a good day. Unfortunately I do not agree with most of Obama's policies or ideas for change so it is not a happy day for me in that sense. I do believe there will be change, it is just a matter of whether it will be good or not that remains to be seen.	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-11-05 00:58:00
Middle East and North Africa	Friday	QUOTE (HisLittleMasriyah @ Nov 7 2008, 08:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Happy Friday everyone Some of my relatives r coming over for goodbyes i will try to cheer them up and keep out sad moods. Aymsgirl- Have fun sister. Kel- im glad ure doing better jJ- Have fun and take pictures Bridget- good to hear ur stiches r out!! i packed my bags and OMG im certain im overweight by at least 2OKg i dont know what to do i will compromise again and leave some stuff behind I know it must be so hard to leave everything and everyone behind for a new place. Enjoy your time with your family and I hope you work out a good way to bring the things you want with you. QUOTE (sandrila @ Nov 7 2008, 08:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Good morning! Aymsgirl...Have fun girl! S and S...I am in shock for what you posted about the snow!!! OMGGGGGGG..NOT READY FOR THAT! We are having very warm temps here in Philly and I'd like to see it stay a wee bit longer..Hubby is coming in 6 days!!!!!!!!! God Bless you and I am praying for all of you still waiting to hear news. Have a great weekend.....I'll be a busy bee for sure I was shocked too, at first I thought it was some kind of joke until I checked it out and realized it is real. That much snow in early November is crazy.	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-11-07 09:22:00
Middle East and North Africa	Friday	Happy Friday everyone. The weather is rainy and cooler here now than it was. I don't feel so bad though after hearing that South Dakota got up to 3 feet of snow and they closed houndreds of schools and businesses because the snow plows were even getting stuck. Here is the news article: http://ap.google.com...kLFvKQD949RHEO3 For the lazy people here is a video about it: http://www.humoretc..../blizzard08.php	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-11-07 07:52:00
Middle East and North Africa	CR-1 , AP for over 6 months	I wish I could help too, but I really don't know what advice I could give. Hopefully things work out for the best for you and you hear something soon.	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-11-04 23:11:00
Middle East and North Africa	One Year Ago Today	Happy Anniversary! I hope you are with your husband soon.	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-11-09 14:16:00
Middle East and North Africa	Happy Sunday MENA!!!	QUOTE (Rosalinda @ Nov 9 2008, 01:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Happy Sunday... Staying up late not getting up early lol...... now that I got my post in off to bed Have a blessed day.. and praying for good news SandS Rosalinda Thankyou so much. Have a good night. I'm off to bed too!	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-11-09 02:38:00
Middle East and North Africa	Happy Sunday MENA!!!	Wishing everyone a wonderful Sunday with hope of good news for those of us waiting!	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-11-09 02:22:00
Middle East and North Africa	Saturday	QUOTE (sara535 @ Nov 8 2008, 09:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ((((Annie)))). cheesecake sounds good. Amirah walked today! a few steps, pretty wobbly and cautious but she is so proud. Congratulations to her!!! That is great!	S and S	Female	Iraq	2008-11-08 22:52:00