Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Middle East and North Africa	Bidets	Oh and then there is the "hole in the floor". I got to meet one of those in the Ramses train station. Mohammed laughed himself to tears. I shrugged and said it's no different then when you're out in the woods and have to go. Get over it. Pfft Ok...first ya tell me I have to squirt water on me, which I know will make me just go again.....now they don't have toilets? I'm not wicked old here but if I had to squat every time I think my knees would take a beating!! Here is a photo of a turkish toilet. Although Hachemi's home had a normal toilet, I had the opportunity to use a "hole in the floor toilet" 2 or 3 times while i was in Algeria. Not a fun experience. Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2006-08-16 12:13:00
Middle East and North Africa	Bidets	I am going to buy one of the hand held bidets. I found these online. Click here for the website. Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2006-08-16 08:01:00
Middle East and North Africa	Change the way I dress?	or you just need to toughen up a little bit. this site is just a slice of life and frankly repressents the 'real world' pretty well. some people are azzholes and some people are truly as sweet as pie. Learn how to let the stupid stuff roll off and I think you will find some genuinely nice and helpful people around here Also bear in mind, as I am sure you know, that communication on a message board always leaves something to be desired, sometimes I think posts come across much more harsh than intended because we cant see tone or facial expression or any of that..... having said that, there's really no substitute for doing your own research on any subject, as I think you already know Sara, you are so right. You have so many types of personalities here on VJ. You have the "crazies" and then there are the ones that incite and instigate, and then there is the truly sweet and helpful. I am the type person that if I have nothing helpful to say, I will not reply to the thread. I am very empathetic and I dont like to hurt peoples feelings, so I try not to get involved with the drama and think before I type. I think if you have nothing helpful or good to say just dont reply. Not everyone is going to see eye to eye. A light hearted and sincere thread can go south in a heartbeat. It shouldnt be that way, but some people just get off on it and dont give a second thought to hurting peoples feelings. Just take the good advice and ignore the not so helpful people. The way I think about it is, that the non helpfull, hateful people are not going to ruin my happiness. I just feel sorry that they are so unhappy with theirselves that they have to make other people unhappy too. Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2010-09-26 19:55:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA men and style	QUOTE (Jenn! @ Jan 27 2009, 01:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Meriem_setif @ Jan 27 2009, 11:54 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> "That women said she likes the smell of my "colon". bwaaaaahaaaa That was also the same women that asked me if Hachemi was my exchange student Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2009-01-27 12:36:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA men and style	Hachemi is way into the cologne too. And the very first thing he bought after arriving in the USA was some Raybans and Armani Code cologne. He still has the raybans. I dont touch them because the way I am with my cheap sunglasses, I dare not handle his. lol. I have a funny about his cologne. Not long after he came to the US, he went to the dentist. He had sprayed on a substantial amount of Armani Code. I waited in the lobby. Anyway, they called me back after they had examined him and he said to me, "That women said she likes the smell of my "colon". He said he was confused. How can she smell that? Then he said, "after a little while I realized she was talking about my "perfume". I laughed and told him she said cologne, not colon. Meriem Edited by Meriem_setif, 27 January 2009 - 11:55 AM.	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2009-01-27 11:54:00
Middle East and North Africa	Americans Soldiers Save woman who had her nose cut off	I just reread the thread and the post is gone. It said something about alot of Americans hating Barrack Obama and that he hated the US Army but not Americans or something to that effect. I have no idea why the post was removed but it was definitely there and now its gone. I had no idea someone was editing threads. Oh well The post is # 34 in this thread. It wasn't deleted. Then post # 36 is where you replied to him about hating the army. Meriem Edited by Meriem_DZ, 21 October 2010 - 04:49 PM.	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2010-10-21 16:46:00
Middle East and North Africa	Americans Soldiers Save woman who had her nose cut off	It was in Hot Guys remarks about the US Army right under the war porn conversation HiT, You may want to go reread what he said. He did not say he "hated the Army". He said "I didn't't say I hated the Army" Several people tried to tell you that you misread it. Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2010-10-21 16:26:00
Middle East and North Africa	Americans Soldiers Save woman who had her nose cut off	I have read this whole thread and there was no one that said that the "hated the US Military". HiT, can you please find that quote for me? Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2010-10-21 16:16:00
Middle East and North Africa	Support Moroccan artist	Support the moroccan artist with your vote please.visit my link and give your vote for my artwork.Thanks in advance. http://wildfireapp.c...868?ogn=website Beautiful painting, Mashaallah! I voted for you. Good luck! Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2010-10-28 10:14:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA Daily Chat 1.0	Hi Mena folks. Hope everyone's having a nice Friday. Hachemi and I are going to Algeria for the month of November, Inshallah. I am so excited. It has been 4 years since he has seen his family. Hachemi has a baby niece that is about a year old. We cant wait to meet her. She is the first grandchild to his parents. I had applied for a visa about a week and a half ago and it came in the mail yesterday. I opened my passport and was surprised to see it was a 2 year family visa. I didnt even know that was available. It will be nice to travel together, and not have to leave him in Algeria like twice before. Now I have to think about things to take to the family. It's going to be fun, I hope. Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2010-09-24 15:16:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA Daily Chat 1.0	Hi SandyNJack long time now see. Sending you best wishes on your ROC. Spoiler I got the job at the news station everybody after looking for a job for 9 months. I start Monday. It's part-time (25-30 hours a week) for the first year and no benefits. At this point I'm not picky. I finally got my foot in the door in my field and everybody has to start somewhere. My schedule is varied and they want me at their beck and call when a story breaks. They told us in college it wasn't going to be easy starting out in this career. The irony is a news article was released just today saying that Idaho is number one in the nation for job creation now and a lot of new companies are looking to move to our state. This comes after a gallop poll in July saying that from Jan-June 2010 Idaho was in the bottom 10 for job creation. I wonder how we went all the way to #1 in two months? Congratulations Olivia on your new job!!! Your right, at least you got your feet in the door and with the experience you get, you can move on to bigger and better jobs in the future. Meriem(F)	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2010-09-22 18:47:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA November 2010 Chat	Hello Mena. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday. Hachemi and I are finishing up our 3 week visit to Algeria. I really missed having a big Thanksgiving spread but I certainly have enjoyed all my mom in laws great Algerian meals. I have been trying to get all our belongings and gifts packed up because we head to Algiers in the morning and fly back to the states Tuesday morning. I wanted to share with you some pictures of my favorite pastry shop and market here in setif. Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2010-11-28 11:22:00
Middle East and North Africa	Approved!!!!	Got the call this morning. His K-1 is approved!!!! He goes on Sunday to take his passport to them! I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO happy! I'm going to Algeria to visit him in November and we plan for him to come back home with me. Good luck to all the rest of you! God bless. ~Mandy Congratulations!!!! I am very happy for you. Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2010-10-21 12:37:00
Middle East and North Africa	K-1 Pictures	The US embassy is very aware of the traditions of engagements and marriages in the countries that they reside. I would think that if you and your fiance are both Egyptian that the embassy would understand your situation more so if the US citizen was not Muslim or Egyptian. From what I have read here on VJ, I know that some people where approved at the application stage with out photos. Just be prepared at the interview in the Embassy to explain your case. Letters from the parents would be a good idea as someone else stated. Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2010-12-19 11:45:00
Middle East and North Africa	Hello from Henia in Algeria!	EID mabrook!!!! Hello Henia. I am here in Algeria. I will call you soon, Inshaallah, to work out a time to meet. I have the special request items that you needed. Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2010-11-18 15:15:00
Middle East and North Africa	Evacuation of US citizens from Egypt	I just got this email from ADC. I thought it would help any of you that have relatives that are US citizens needing to get out of Egypt. Community Advisory: Voluntary Evacuation of US Citizens in Egypt ADC encourages those with relatives in Egypt to convey the information below to such relatives, due to the inaccessibility of internet and e-mail services in Egypt. Washington, DC | www.adc.org | January 30, 2011 - The U.S. Department of State announced today that arrangements are being made to provide transportation out of Egypt for U.S. Citizens and their immediate relatives, beginning Monday, January 31. This is not a mandatory evacuation. Flights will head to safe haven locations in Europe. Once in Europe travelers will be expected to make their own onward travel plans. Please read the following information thoroughly on how best to assist U.S. Citizens and their immediate relatives looking to leave Egypt. Persons interested in departing Egypt via USG-chartered transportation should contact the U.S. Department of State and Embassy Cairo by sending an email to EgyptEmergencyUSC@state.gov or by calling with the requested information. Due to the inaccessibility of the internet and e-mail in Egypt, representatives of U.S. citizens can also submit the information on behalf of the traveler(s). Information required for all travelers is as follows: Name Age Place of birth Passport Number Description of any medical needs Contact information Please note that at the time ADC issued this release, the USG-charted flights' specific times for leaving Cairo had not been specified. It is expected that the traveler will be contacted by the State Department with the additional detailed information. Additional information: Immediate family members (spouses and children) who are not U.S. citizens must be documented for entry into the safehaven country and/or U.S., if that is your final destination. Only one (1) piece of luggage per traveler. This assistance will be provided on a reimbursable basis, as required by U.S. law.Additional information regarding travel	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2011-01-30 19:43:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA January Daily thread	Hey everybody in MENA land. I wanted to share with you what we woke up to this morning in the deep south. We had a big snow storm last night. It's very unusual for us here in the deep south. Much of Mississippi and Alabama all the way to Georgia is covered in the white stuff. Hachemi's hometown in Algeria gets a lot of snow in the winter. He has mentioned several times how he misses the snow back home. He was really happy to see the snow! Meriem Edited by Meriem_DZ, 10 January 2011 - 01:28 PM.	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2011-01-10 13:23:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA men say the darndest things....	When Hachemi started work at his current job, he would come home talking about the assistant manager. He would say 'Miss Piggy" did this or "Miss Piggy said that." It went on for a few weeks, and I said, do you not like the assistant manager? He said yes, I like her. I said why are you calling her Miss Piggy? He said "that's her name." I asked him if he had been calling her Miss Piggy to her face. He said yes. I finally realized her name was Peggy. He was just mispronouncing it. "Miss Piggy" and I still laugh about that. Meriem Edited by Meriem_DZ, 13 February 2011 - 12:36 PM.	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2011-02-13 12:35:00
Middle East and North Africa	HEY MENA!!!!!	Hello everyone! It's been a long time since I have posted. I just wanted to let everyone know that Adil finally received the letter for his oath ceremony which will be Feb 18, 2011. After this long 10 months waiting to see what was going to happen and all the worring and wondering he will finally become a citizen next Friday!!!!!!!! We are so excited and I want to thank all of you for helping and supporting us these past 5 years! Hope everyone is well and good luck on your journey! Janine Hey Janine, Glad to hear from you. We are getting ready to apply for Hachemi's citizenship in just a few days. We could have done it a year ago, but Hachemi wanted us to go home for an extended visit with his family, and we were scared to be in the middle of the process while leaving the country. Congratulations on the oath ceremony and your husband becoming a citizen. Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2011-02-10 00:01:00
Middle East and North Africa	Monthly thread for Febuary	Adams grandmother is out of the hospital but now her liver is failing. I hope she gets better, but in her mid 80s, I dont think it will happen. If she passes, we will need to see if his mother will live in Cairo with his sister and her husband or if we will get her to visit here and then possibly live here at some point. Something we will have to start thinking about. His father died in 06, his grandfather died in 07 and he has no brothers so its basically going to be on us to take care of his mom. Tammy, so sorry to hear that Adam's grandmother is ill. I hope her health improves very soon. I have two things to share with you guys, One, We sent Hachemi's Citizenship paperwork in on Friday. So here we go again. LOL Two; My son, Kyle, received a full college scholarship to play goalkeeper for their soccer team. The way it looks I wont have to pay a dime for anything, thank God! His high school team made it to the state championship for the schools first time, but unfortunately they lost the game. Kyle was coached in league soccer since he was little by an Algerian friend, so I credit him for making Kyle the goalkeeper he is today. Meriem Action shot made by me! Edited by Meriem_DZ, 20 February 2011 - 12:24 PM.	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2011-02-20 12:21:00
Middle East and North Africa	At long last - exciting news!	Congratulations!!!!! So happy for you and Said!!! Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2011-03-24 21:43:00
Middle East and North Africa	Hello to my old hangout	Just voted. Good luck, He's a cutie! Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2011-03-25 21:25:00
Middle East and North Africa	Abuse of power in the American Consulate	Doesn't matter. There are members here that still remember her. And even if there aren't it's NOT YOUR STORY TO TELL. It's not cool to name names like that. There are more diplomatic, delicate ways to get your point across without naming names and telling detailed, specific stories. I really dont care what you think. We are friends with the Algerian husband and she devastated him. There is a lot more to the story and what I told just skimmed the surface. Just basic details. The moral of the story, which is more important than what you think, is that it is not always the Mena spouse that causes the problems. Meriem.	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2011-03-01 12:26:00
Middle East and North Africa	Abuse of power in the American Consulate	Were you talking to someone specific here when you say "you," or speaking in generalities? I tried to edit and it wouldnt let me. I was referring to Hanging in there.	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2011-03-01 12:19:00
Middle East and North Africa	Abuse of power in the American Consulate	Did "iceyspots" give you permission to tell her story and name names on here? If not - totally uncool. That is not your story to tell. If you were going to tell it you should've done it anonymously. That's not right. She is not a member anymore. And their names are not mentioned. So what's the problem? Meriem Edited by Meriem_DZ, 01 March 2011 - 12:17 PM.	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2011-03-01 12:16:00
Middle East and North Africa	Abuse of power in the American Consulate	I really hate this thread. I know-- the truth hurts-- but it's starting to make me question my fiance, and when I listen to that deep, still voice from within, I trust him completely. JEEZ. And it's not like we have a lot of red flags, just two: I'm a bit overweight, and he is still a student = no job. We're the same age, I've lived in Morocco for 4+ years and refused to date anyone for 3 of them... he's amazing. I love him. ARGH. I really hate reading this because I do not like it when external things place even a seed of doubt. You know, I have been here a long time. This is not the first thread like this and it wont be the last. My husband and I have friends all over this country. Ohio, Colorado, South Florida, Alabama, Michigan, and even in the UK. The husbands are Algerian with American and UK wives. We have visited some of these friends in their homes. Most have wives that are older, anywhere from a few years older to a 20 yr difference. There marriages has lasted and seem very happy. Only two that did not work out that I know of is "Hanging in there" and if you remember "Iceyspots" from VJ several years ago. Icey's Algerian husband worked while she went to nursing school. After she graduated she left her Mena husband for one of her patients. He was devastated but now has remarried and is very happy. We have good friends that live here in our town. I have know them for years. He is Algerian and she is American. They met in the early 90's while he was here for pilot training at the air force base near here. He met his wife and married her before going back to Algeria after training. The Algerian gov't found out that he married an American and he was thrown in prison. He was made to finish his military tour as a pilot and after 3 yrs was released from duty and he came back to the USA. They are still married and have a 17 yr old son and a 10 month old baby girl. You know if you say that all or most of your Mena male friends you know either used or abused American women, it goes to show the type of people you are hanging with. What goes on in your circle of friends, HIT, does not necessarily mean it goes on in the rest of the country. Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2011-03-01 12:03:00
Middle East and North Africa	Moroccan Citizenship	Jenn, I am just curious. Does Morroco have a policy to require military service for males. If for instance, in the future you do get your son Morrocan citizenship, could he be called to do military duty when he is old enough? Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2011-04-08 19:39:00
Middle East and North Africa	Monthly Thread April 2011	Very glad ya'll r ok ! Very scary picture, and it had to be heart throbbing being so close to that massive tornado. Alot of people lost their lives, families and homes. Very sad! Thanks so much. It has now been classified as an F5 tornado. I am sitting here still trying to figure out why it lifted and went over us. It was on the ground and lifted for 4 miles before it touched down again. I am so thankful and sad at the same time. I told Hachemi that we came so close to losing everything. I hate to say we where lucky when so many people were not. Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2011-04-30 09:46:00
Middle East and North Africa	Monthly Thread April 2011	Thank you, Ladies. I just got an email from ABC News with Diane Sawyer. They want to use my video in a story they are doing on the Smithville tornado. I told them, sure, go ahead! Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2011-04-29 13:34:00
Middle East and North Africa	Monthly Thread April 2011	Just wanted everyone to see what we survived on Wednesday. Many people dead, injured and missing. We had 3 tornado warnings on Wed. Three times we rushed to the community tornado shelter across the highway. The second warning was the worst. After we got to the shelter we turned and watched a tornado jump our street and and head north east. It got so bad and we rushed in at the last minute and shut the door. There are 2 shelters side by side and they were just about full. Just a few minutes went by and we came out.. People started getting phone calls that the tornado touched down again just 3 miles up the highway. It followed the highway into the little town of Smithville MS and totally wiped it off the map. I have never seen anything like it and I was terrified. When we went home my neighbors house was cut in two by a huge oak tree. I have some shingle damage and that's all. This was such a close call. The tornado was on the ground and came off a big hill just south west of us. It jumped the waterway and our street of houses. It is reported to be a F4 possibly an F5. On a better note, Hachemi passed his citizenship interview yesterday. We will now wait for the letter about the oath. Hard to celebrate with so much sadness in our community. This is the tornado on top of the hill before it went over our house. It was taken by a friend of my daughter. Video I made with my cell phone, just seconds before jumping in the shelter. You can hear Hachemi talking with his southern slang. He says " It's bad, Ain't it?" Our house is just behind that row of trees. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk3ZcKqn0mo Edited by Meriem_DZ, 29 April 2011 - 11:02 AM.	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2011-04-29 10:58:00
Middle East and North Africa	Monthly Thread April 2011	I think there is a middle ground approach, and not the two extremes of doing nothing or making a scene. I seriously tried to educate the guy I worked with - gave him reading materials on Islam, etc. When he continued, I reported him in the appropriate channels. He received closer supervision as a result and apologized to me for personally offending me as a Muslim. We developed a mutually respectful working relationship after that, and I think he will really think twice in the future about spouting off hateful ignorant remarks about any group in the future. At least I hope. I went to vote during this past presidential election. The people that work at the elections are a bunch of little old ladies. I walked to the the first table and the lady looked my name up in a book. The old lady sitting next to her asked me why I wore the scarf. I told her that I was Muslim. She said is your husband Muslim. I said yes. and she said very loudly, "Is he a terrorist?" I said, certainly not! and turned around to go vote. I was fuming. I thought about reporting her, but I just let it go. Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2011-04-18 21:40:00
Middle East and North Africa	My husband and my child	Cringe? Really? My son is half Moroccan and I say so - doesn't make him any less my son. How else should it be phrased? Or should it not be addressed at all? Not that she is half morrocan, but that she has to mention it every time she post in a thread. We know from the many times she has told us who is the father of her child. It is not a bad thing, that your or anybody's child is half Morrocan or half whatever. My granddaughter's father is Puerto Rican, but I dont feel the need to refer to her as half of anything when I talk about her. . I was referring to the fact that she cant talk about her daughter without putting that out there. No offense to any ones child is intended. Edited by Meriem_DZ, 19 May 2011 - 11:22 AM.	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2011-05-19 11:21:00
Middle East and North Africa	My husband and my child	Didn't someone recently suggest that Daniel Pipes was a better forum for HIT? HIT's continual bashing of MENA people gets so old. Of the marriages I'm aware of, it's NOT common that the MENA beneficiary has a mental illness that was not picked up on by the American petitioner. Nor is it common that the 12 rotted teeth of the MENA man contributed to the demise of the relationship. But, please heed HIT's advice and look out for 12 rotted molars and psych hospital records of your beneficiary. (Does anyone else have 12 molars???????? That's a lot of molars, no?) PS - shizoaffective people don't look "normal" to me even in the calmest of settings. At the very least, they are socially awkward, have distorted cognitions, and are delusional. But, everyone's "normal" is different. It was me..... Why, oh why, HIT, Do you feel the need to "counsel" the women on here that have husbands and fiance's from MENA. It is not your place to do that here. You need to find another forum on another site, that will appreciate your twisted views. I can tell you for sure it is not appreciated here. It also makes me cringe when you are forever referring to your daughter as "half Moroccan" "half Arab" and "half North African." She is not a "half" little girl. She is your daughter. What about encouraging people here instead of scarring them to death with your horror stories of your past relationships with Arab men. You were told over and over by members here, not to bring your Algerian husband to the USA and you did anyway. Advice from you carries no merit and hopefully the new members will realize that. Please take your ramblings somewhere else. Meriem Edited by Meriem_DZ, 19 May 2011 - 10:40 AM.	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2011-05-19 10:39:00
Middle East and North Africa	My husband and my child	Right right right - you are so right HIT. Every American woman leaves her kid in the dust when she finds a Moroccan man!! And all Moroccan men will molest your teenage daughter!!! No Americans married to Americans put their children second or third to new husband etc and NO American men molest children. Its those awful mena men you need to look out for. The woman is going through a difficult step family situation that is typical regardless of nationalities and graciously asked for help. Your spewing of bitterness and hatred and horror stories gets really old. We get it - you had an awful experience and you choose to be around low lifes who treat people horribly. We really get it.	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2011-05-07 10:48:00
Middle East and North Africa	Conversion as related to visa approval...	I wasnt trying to be offensive. I think alot of the women are lonley, maybe not even really religious in the first place or had a bad experience with church. In the long run, I always encourage people to stay close to their family and friends and even if they want to explore Islam, to do it slowly and methodically because for the most part, most of these women will not stay with the men they marry and its very hard especially if they have kids because the muslim community is really not set up to sunday school them or be a support to them after they get older ( the kids) I think sunday school is very important to kids and their development whether they be christian they go to jewish school or even an islamic school. But these half hearted cupid conversions are bad for all around. They are bad for the mena guy because he thinks he is getting something different than what he is really getting.. a woman who really didnt do it for the right reasons, the woman who is only doing it to either please the guy , get him more interested or make marrying her more palatable and the kids who are usually coming out of divorce to begin with to be thrust head first into a religion that is totally foreign to American society and the fact that most of these guys wont even be around 4 or 5 years later. You have a kid who missed out on normal American activities which yes, church seems to be a big part of the lives of most Americans, a woman who has removed herself from the American community and yes church is a big part of that and then the fact she will most likely end up without these guys in the end anyway. I see very little outreach programs for 55 year old plus American women in the mosques if they arent married anymore and its a lonely place to be aging without your American friends...No church trips to branson.. I wonder if anyone else has thought about the impact of these cupid conversions on everyone around the woman converting for the relationship which has little chance of lasting anyway. I thnk that taking offense is really silly because if you are a commited muslim, you wouldnt care if someone questioned your reversion to begin with. I just think the embassies are onto all of this and they know that alot of the women So, HIT, are you saying your conversion or reversion to Islam was a "cupid conversion" ? Are you not Muslim anymore? Your bitterness toward MENA men is getting a little old, in my opinion. This is not the place to express your views in this manner. Maybe a better place would be Daniel Pipes or the like. All of us here have fiances or husbands from the Middle East and North Africa. So please stop trying to save me about my wonderful, loving MENA husband! Meriem Edited by Meriem_DZ, 24 April 2011 - 02:44 PM.	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2011-04-24 14:43:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA Spouses Poll	Algeria Male No	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2010-07-11 11:15:00
Middle East and North Africa	Today we lost a MENA jewel	This just breaks my heart. Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2008-06-17 23:06:00
Middle East and North Africa	Traveling from MENA through European cities	Chicago O'Hare We flew Lufthansa this past November when we went to Algeria. On the way back we sat next to a group of Moroccan people in the Frankfurt terminal waiting for their flight back home. We flew into Chicago from Frankfurt. We had very short layovers, about 3 or 4 hours each way. Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2011-04-21 17:07:00
Middle East and North Africa	oldies but goodies?	I'm still hanging around some. Hachemi is about to take his oath for Naturalization on June 23rd. It will be so nice that we will be done with USCIS. My husband and I will celebrate 5 very happy years of marriage this September. Meriem Edited by Meriem_DZ, 31 May 2011 - 10:24 PM.	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2011-05-31 22:23:00
Middle East and North Africa	IR-1 visa recieved after long time in AP	Congratulations!!!! Meriem	Meriem_DZ	Female	Algeria	2011-06-25 18:05:00