Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Middle East and North Africa	CR1 interview	I know in jordan they wanted proof of the relationship after you were married, so start compiling your evidence and send it to your husband, and about your concern with the pictures showing you kissing, remember you are not going thru an islamic embassy but an american embassy and you are married. Angel	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-02-28 13:15:00
Middle East and North Africa	E-Mail from CASA today	Mabrook Mary!! That is happy news and i'm sure you are relieved Angel	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-03-10 20:09:00
Middle East and North Africa	Husband picked up Visa today in Morocco	Alf Mabrook Paula!! Have a happy reunion!!!	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-03-11 00:10:00
Middle East and North Africa	DOS says Visa is issued . . .	Congratulations Catherine	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-03-16 21:07:00
Middle East and North Africa	Kelly & Sofyan's official countdown thread!	Good Luck tomorrow Kelly!! pretty soon that whole embassy ordeal will be a distance memory	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-03-19 10:07:00
Middle East and North Africa	Very Silly Question	It's more like they touch noses versus rubbing noses..hahahah	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-03-21 12:03:00
Middle East and North Africa	Very Silly Question	Jenn it's true. My husband told me that's how people or men greet each other in the gulf states. they don't do the kissing on the cheeks there. Angel	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-03-21 10:07:00
Middle East and North Africa	Case denied	Damn hahahahah!!!! Congrats Kelly . Have a safe flight back to the States!!!!!! Angel	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-03-21 08:14:00
Middle East and North Africa	Ready to go........	They didn't ask for my husband's xray or vaccination record. Just ask what my name was where i lived where he was going where he will live that's about it.	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-03-23 09:37:00
Middle East and North Africa	Interview Date!	Mabrook !!! good luck on the interview	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-03-28 18:53:00
Middle East and North Africa	hello	Hi Roula Welcome to the ME/NA forum. Hope you have a speedy journey! Angel	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-04-07 17:23:00
Middle East and North Africa	thanks	Marhaba roula Keefek enti? etha la tataklame english la taklaki my arabic is not well but I am trying to learn. again ahlan!! Angel	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-04-09 19:09:00
Middle East and North Africa	Waiting for Saturday	At this point we are both so stressed out. Khallid even asked me today what the embassy would do if he asked for his passport back!!! He does not want to give up,but he is even more discouraged than I. Poor guy has not worked for a year now because he is not willing to sign a contract to teach. He has had many job offers and there are days I fear he will buckle and sign one. I have been having serious chest pain today. I don't know if I'm on the verge of another panic attack or if it's something else. This whole process has totally shot my health to hell. Seems like there should be an easier way to all this. This is the hardest part Amy when you actually did the interview and are waiting when they will give ur fiance his visa. Believe me I know how you are feeling. It's just an out of control feeling and it starts to interfere with ur daily life. The hardest part for us is to be out of control and totally at the mercy of someone else. That just made me feel like i was going into a depression. You would think us Nurses would be able to handle a difficult situation like this, but when it's actually happening to you and you have no control over what is going it just totally takes control of your life. Finally i just said you know what i have no control over this situation and i just have to wait for them to get their act together. It's easier to say that than do it, but once you accept that it's not in your control the feelings get better..better but not easier. If the stress is getting to you. You might want to talk to someone about it. I know you can come here and post, but it doesn't take the place of sitting down with someone and telling them you know what this whole process is starting to affect my health. That's the bad part. You need to stay healthy and keep yourself well. I hope this ends for you soon because the unknowning is a b*tch and can play havoc on ur life if you let it. Take care yourself first and foremost!!! Angel	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-04-12 19:36:00
Middle East and North Africa	Waiting for Saturday	Hang in there Amy your time is coming soon	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-04-09 19:11:00
Middle East and North Africa	After a 7 month wait ... WE GOT THE INTERVIEW !!!!	Alf Mabrook Massouna and Ali now you two have a date to look forward to and that is the best feeling!!!	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-04-12 21:15:00
Middle East and North Africa	Everything is soooo great	Kelly I'm glad everything is going well for you and your husband Anmar had to take his driver's license test the driving part twice because the first time he didn't know how to do emergency stop and turning on to a one way instead of going in the first lane he followed a car into the second lane Now he thinks he knows it all. He is also working at walmart now thank god cuz he was going stir crazy not working and making me majnoonah in the process. Now he'll have his own health and dental insurance Keep us posted. Angel	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-04-16 16:50:00
Middle East and North Africa	Pleaseeeeee help me	Here is where the story sounds weird to me. First, why would the wife not stop the CR1 at the embassy? Why continue with letting him go thru the whole proccess knowning she doesn't want him anymore? According to meauxna it can be doneanytime prior to POE? Secondly this denied K1 fiance visa with an Algerian??? I don't know the odds of a denied petition from Algeria, but the one person who got one recently had no questions asked.. I don't know sounds sooo strange to me. I was away from my husband for a long time I known him about three years now. If i fell out of love with him the last thing i would do is still let his petition go thru at the embassy I would have withdrawn it, but that's just me. Too bad we couldn't hear the supposely i don't want anything to do with you wife version... I guess that only for a green card topic that was in Yallah Middle East made me wonder about his story. If i'm wrong then my bad	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-04-17 14:12:00
Middle East and North Africa	Pleaseeeeee help me	Not to be the cynic here because we don't know your wife's side of the story, but why would you still want to come here knowing ur wife doesn't want you anymore??? Obviously if ur wife doesn't want you anymore and seems to me she would have took precautious at the embassy level to prevent you from gettting ur CR1 visa. I think ur story just sounds strange to me, but that's me. I am not sure you will get much help here knowning a lot of k1/k3 going thru morocco are getting sent back because they think their relationships are not true, and maybe because it's cases just like yours that are at fault. my .02	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-04-16 13:17:00
Middle East and North Africa	Arabic Music	sarah you have to start out with what you like ..myself i first use to use to Rai from Algeria/France and it progressed from there.	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-04-19 20:45:00
Middle East and North Africa	Arabic Music	here's another link from the old forum regarding arab music. hope it still works http://www.visajourn...showtopic=58814	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-04-19 20:32:00
Middle East and North Africa	Does this buh anyone else?	here's my two cents, I didn't mind that when i went to visit everyone would converse in arabic, but when they wanted to speak to me, they would go out of there way to speak to me in english his whole family knows some english and the rest know english well even the little kids know some english. Ok so the first two times I went I was like awe struck because i was hearing another language and in another country, but I start feeling bored because I wanted to talk to his mother so bad in arabic, so i made up my mind i'm going to have to learn how to speak arabic. I already knew a lot of words and could type small sentences in arabic using english letters, but the pronouncation of the words is what got me. To me learning to speak arabic is easier than learning how to speak spanish and i took years of college courses in spanish and was married to a mexican american before who was bilingual and my sisters and aunts are all married to mexican americans but for some reason I just don't talk it, but i can understand it. Sometimes you have to sit back and observe the cultural before you can jump right in. What we think is friendly and normal here is not going to be the same there. I love hearing my husband talk arabic he sounds soooo sexy!! Did you notice that when they speak arabic and english they have two different kind of tones. Especially when trying to say things in english that have R..it's like rrrrrr rolling the tongue r. like the spanish r	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-04-20 13:17:00
Middle East and North Africa	There's a wedding today!	Mabrook	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-04-22 13:28:00
Middle East and North Africa	Patience with your S/O	Andrea time is moving fast seems like when you get over 21 time speeds up, but when you are waiting for something important the time seems to move very slowly. Hope your daughter is feeling better!	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-04-22 13:54:00
Middle East and North Africa	Patience with your S/O	This site sells tatreez too, although not dresses. http://www.mashrabiya.com/prod.htm They are really worth the inflated prices if you think about the work the women put into them. Some pieces takes months to up to a year to complete. My family knows a woman that used to help with a co-op that sold tatreez, so my Mom's house is just full of pieces, dozens of cushions, table runners, a few wedding dresses, vests, jackets. I have several cushions and a few purses myself. The cheaper stuff is often done by machine, rather than hand. If I get a chance, I will post some pics of my pieces. I have a catalog somewhere that sells a wide selection of tatreez. If I can locate it, I will post the info. Rebecca You are absoulutly right Rebecca. Why is it that we are willing to pay so much for art elsewhere? I think I may just support the artists (I think this is a form of art) of the ME and order one. I definitely agree with supporting the artists. That's why I recommend going to the source, or as near to the source as possible. Each link in the chain adds their own markup, and takes their own profit. By the time an item gets to an American importer, it has been marked up hundreds of times over the modest amount paid to the desperately poor women in the refugee camps who produce these handicrafts. Most of the profit is not going to the artisans who badly need it, but rather to rich people who make a living off buying cheap over there and reselling at huge profits. This is the reason I advise buying directly from the West Bank or next-door in Jordan. That's what really helps the artists and the economies where it's most needed. If you want to pay hundreds of dollars to an importer for an item that the artist back in the village gets $10 or $20 for, that's your decision. But don't fool yourself about who is taking the lion's share of the profit. I say this will all due respect. -MK Agreed Ok here's another question, since anmar has green card would he be able to go into the west bank? say like i wanted to go there and visit since he is now a permanent resident of the usa?????	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-04-21 12:15:00
Middle East and North Africa	Patience with your S/O	anyways here's a questions where can i find palestinian dresses??? you know the kind that have the embroidery on it. I love wearing those around in the home after work. sooo comfy and plus my husband likes the way i look in them. Palestinian embroidery (al tatreez shoghul eed) is one of the traditional handicrafts of Palestinian women in the villages, and it's extrememly beautiful. I have a lovely embroidered fringed shawl I bought a few years ago in Ramallah. It was the spring of 2002, during the massive Israeli invasion (remember when they destroyed the camp in Jenin ?) Things were really hard in the West Bank... the roads were closed to Palestinian traffic, most cities were under continuous curfew for weeks, even months, and prices went down to rock bottom. People were just desperate for any money at all. I think I paid like $30 for the shawl.... they're around $100 normally. I also have many of the embroidered pillowcases, wall hangings and table runners. I gave many items to family and friends as gifts -- people are just amazed and delighted by their unique beauty and quality. Here is a link with some great color photos of some of these dresses, so people can see what we're talking about. You can order online from them, but you have to email them for the prices. http://www.tatreez.net/dresses.htm But Angel it might actually be less expensive to have one of your husband's family buy dresses in Jordan and ship them to you in the U.S. Many of the online stores are charging three and four hundred dollars for these dresses. I'm not sure what prices are like in Jordan these days, but even with the shipping cost (which is not cheap) it might be much less than what you'd pay at these online stores or even at an import shop in the U.S. I always stock up when I'm over there ! -MK Thanks MK I thought I could buy cheaper here. The couple i have cost like 40 JOD a piece, but they are so beautiful. angel	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-04-21 09:00:00
Middle East and North Africa	Patience with your S/O	Sara - as to your man not being able to do anything about it. That's debatable. I don't know much about Morocco, but in Jordan its absoulutly unacceptable for a man to look at a woman that is with another man and all men know that. They do it anyway but that can have some serious consequeces. Also, the best thing to do with men like that taxi driver, is to avoid them. My fiance would never let me go anywhere alone in Jordan, so I'm not sure why yours did but thats another topic. I think your man got upset because you accepted the phone number, never accept anything from another man. Big.big.trouble. . Totally agreed about the Jordan habits, my husband would never tolerate a another man looking at his wife. So unacceptable and believe me there was a few times he about got into some fights. Yikes at times I was oblivious to it because I was busy looking in the store windows wondering what i can buy. Every night we would go out and walk and go to a cafe and drink coffee and talk, One night we were walking back to this house he rented for us and this guy in a van started driving very slowly towards us, I thought he was going to run over us anyways he was drunk. My husband made me go in the house and he went outside and i don't konw what happen, but I was scared because you know i didn't know what was going on. Anyways he ended up beating the guy up in the van and had him laying in the street knocked out and his friends came and got him. At first I was scared that happen, but then it made me mad cuz i was like what if something happen toyou? you didn't leave me the cell phone who would have i called..etc.. etc. He goes you are my wife I must protected you in all ways. He's the type to not run away but turn and confront. He always says the only thing i am scared of is my God. anyways I married into a nice family there. modern ideas. his sister was engaged to her fiance over a year before they even married as with the older brother. His other brother wants to do the same be engaged to his fiancee before he marries. I guess they want to be sure about who they marry. I didn't see any jordanian women looking at me angry or anything, mostly curiousity when i would talk. If anything I was so jealous of them being thin and petite and being able to fit in anything they wanted. I'm 5'8 and wear a size 11-12 and i was like where's all the fat girl clothes because i wanted to buy clothes there because they were so cheap. anyways here's a questions where can i find palestinian dresses??? you know the kind that have the embroidery on it. I love wearing those around in the home after work. sooo comfy and plus my husband likes the way i look in them.	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-04-20 12:28:00
Middle East and North Africa	Patience with your S/O	Heheh JP you sound like me. Anyways you can't solve anything in one night. You have to work at it and I still am. Sometimes I have trouble with being patient with him also. hehe just sounds so familiar. He told me I couldn't wear shorts outside but in the home, but I still go outside with shorts. It's so different when you are born here and marry from there. The men here are so modern and have the attitude of not really caring, but the men there it's so different because of how their culture is there..i have to go now and thanks for the recipe i'm going to try it out. But I know where you are coming from	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-04-18 14:40:00
Middle East and North Africa	Middle Eastern Cooking . . .	Glad you liked the recipe Sharon. My meat mixture did the same If you have any "easy" morroccan recipes that require less time to make and in the kitchen. Send to me angel JP meat and tomato recipe over rice was delicious! For some reason i'm just dreading making Maklouba! Also My husband has become enchilada crazy every weekend he wants me to make enchiladas for him. He prefers them with flour tortillas and not corn tortillas	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-04-24 07:35:00
Middle East and North Africa	Middle Eastern Cooking . . .	That's exactly what it was..a meatloaf with potatoes and tomatoes on top. I think i'll try JP's variation next time. Also I broiled the tomatoes on top and got them a little brown and it tasted pretty good. My next recipe to make is JP meat mixture recipe and ur greek and potato one. Cuz they seem easy to make. Believe me the less i am in the kitchen the better I think this weekend I'll attempt maklouba. That one seems tricky.	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-04-18 20:41:00
Middle East and North Africa	Middle Eastern Cooking . . .	here's the recipe, so simple and easy!! Middle Eastern Kufta...Quick and Easy. This recipe is quick and easy. Its one of my favorite dishes. Serve with a side of rice and a great salad. 1 1/2-2 lbs ground beef or ground lamb or ground turkey 1 large onion 1/2-3/4 cup finely chopped fresh parsley 4 cloves garlic seasoning salt or salt allspice black pepper garlic powder topping 3-4 tomatoes (any size) 3-4 potatoes What you can do is start by chopping up your parsely in a food chopper until fine. Do not use dried parsley. Then put the parsely in a large mixing bowl. Then cut onion up into pieces-- doesnt matter how small just so you can fit it into the chopper and combine the garlic and chop away until fine-- not pasty though. Put the onion garlic mixture in the bowl with the parsley and add ground meat and spices. Mix with hands until everything is well blended. Pat the meat mixture down in the bottom of a 9x13 baking pan and broil in oven until top is browned, this will enhance the flavor, then take out of the oven. Peel potatoes. Slice tomatoes and potatoes into quarter of an inch in size and layer-- potatoes first and then tomatoes will be top layer. sprinkle with a little salt-- and bake in oven about 425 degress covered with foil for approximately 45 minutes to and hour-- enjoy. 6-8 servings Change size or US/metric 1 hour 15 mins prep	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-04-18 20:06:00
Middle East and North Africa	Middle Eastern Cooking . . .	I am attempting Kufta/Kofta now with tomatoes and potates baked in the oven got a recipe off the net for it. Of course anmar was standing over my back watching every move and trying to tell me how to make it and i said i wanted to make it by the recipe hehehe If it tastes ok I'll post the recipe	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-04-18 18:38:00
Middle East and North Africa	Middle Eastern Cooking . . .	thanks MK JP any thing easy and tasty and can be prepared in a short time would help me	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-04-17 14:14:00
Middle East and North Africa	Middle Eastern Cooking . . .	does anyone know some simple jordanian/palestinian recipes. My husband's cooking, but I need to start learning how. I know some but not many. i have some syrian and lebanese recipes also that i need to try only thing is finding the time since i work a lot. angel	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-04-16 16:45:00
Middle East and North Africa	Got my RFE (not surprised)	good luck sharon!!!	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-04-20 19:21:00
Middle East and North Africa	An apology and an explanation	Thanks for sharing your thoughts!! Good Luck on your journey!	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-04-24 07:31:00
Middle East and North Africa	Interview Date!!!	Mabrook Allison!!!!!	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-04-20 19:22:00
Middle East and North Africa	Noura & Said- finally on their way	Congratulations Noura you are finally on your way. Wishing you a speed and successful journey!!!! Angel	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-04-24 17:18:00
Middle East and North Africa	HELP	there a few here that have went thru egypt.. I am sure they can give you some information. rahma and melody jeanne..amy..catherine..???	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-04-24 21:25:00
Middle East and North Africa	Our Wedding Picture	Jenn you and your husband make a gorgeous couple. Mabrook!!	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-04-24 07:36:00
Middle East and North Africa	IT"S TUESDAY!!!!!	I'm getting ready to go to work but only for 5 hours today! Then go visit this realtor about houses. then go deposit my income tax check i been carrying around in my purse for weeks now. I think that is about it!	AngelK96	Female	Jordan	2006-04-25 08:53:00