Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Middle East and North Africa	Sultan's Kitchen	I don't cook, but occasionally I will bake a cake. I think Im too old to learn how to cook, but thanks for the recipes.	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2008-03-19 16:00:00
Middle East and North Africa	CAIRO'S FINAL REVIEW CLUB	Thanks everyone. Visa in hand! He's coming March 17th. He said he picked that day by coincidence. Words cannot express how happy I am for you both! You've had quite a journey. This is just awesome!	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2010-02-06 19:50:00
Middle East and North Africa	CAIRO'S FINAL REVIEW CLUB	I'm happy for you too, Nancy! CONGRATULATIONS!	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2010-02-06 20:08:00
Middle East and North Africa	Egypt one year after Mubarak stepped down	he shouldn't even be addressed as "president" or "ex-president" he should be addressed with words like killer, butcher, tyrant or maybe mother fuker...u have a variety of choices.	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2012-02-13 08:52:00
Middle East and North Africa	Married to a MENA Man	Hi would just like some thoughtful and helpful responses.Here's a little of our back story Me and my husband have been married now for 4 months. I am more then over joyed that after two years we are finally together. We met online two and 1/2 years ago, then he came here on vacation and we fell in love. Started the immigration process a year ago and after ten months we were approved. He is a very wonderful and loving man. I love him with all my heart and and I know he does as well. He treats me love and respect. This is my first marriage and his second. I work all day and he's not working as of yet. He's been lucky to have met some fellow mena men so he can socialize and have some friends. He seems to go out a lot with his buddies sometimes seems like it's almost a daily occurance. He doesn't drink and doesn't go to the bars or clubs. He's going over either to their house and they play cards or go to a coffee house and drink coffee (and play cards) chit chat etc nothing really for me to be too concerned about. When ever I've call my sister My sister's what are you guys up to. (I'm more of a home body) I'm like making dinner or watching tv she's liek where's your hubby I'm like with his buddies. She's like he seems to go out alot. My cousin has made more or less the same comment. It's not like he's coming home late every night. I'll get home from work some times he's there and other nights he's might com home 7-8. (not really that late) maybe on the week end nights he might come home around 10. On the week ends we spend all day together. It doesn't really bother me all that much if in the evening he goes and spends some times with the guys for some male bonding. My question is this normal men of MENA (yes he is muslim)to spend a lot of time with other mena men like this? thankyou for your help. You've been married for 4 months. You should still be in the honeymoon phase. He doesn't have a job, yet he chooses to spend time playing cards and swilling coffee with the boys. This is is second marriage. What happened with his first marriage, and why didn't that work out ? As a muslim man, his duty is to take care of his wife by providing for her and the household and making sure her needs are met first. Something is wrong when you are the breadwinner, then come home and cook dinner. He eats it and probably does not feel the slightest bit guilty. However, he reserves time for you on the weekends. Weekends??. But according to you, you say this doesn't really bother you, "nothing really for me to be too concerned about", yet you ask if his behaviour is normal ? I'll answer your question. No, it isn't. Good luck with that.	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2012-01-22 11:16:00
Middle East and North Africa	2 Americans Kidnapped today in Egypt	<------- waits for the frogs, flies, locusts, boils, water to turn into blood,......	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2012-02-04 09:21:00
Middle East and North Africa	Please help me to understand e-mail from the Cairo Consulate	It could be days, weeks, a month or better. It's Cairo and anyone's guess. Best of wishes to you and hopefully it will only be a matter of days. The good news is they will be issuing the visa and your long wait will soon be over.	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2008-07-31 20:32:00
Middle East and North Africa	K1 visa denied Cairo	I think there is another hidden reason for the denial, and they ain't saying.	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2008-08-06 18:03:00
Middle East and North Africa	K1 visa denied Cairo	So, you are married yet filed a K-1?	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2008-08-06 21:37:00
Middle East and North Africa	K1 visa denied Cairo	At the time of his interview, was he questioned about the Urfi?	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2008-08-06 21:42:00
Middle East and North Africa	K1 visa denied Cairo	IMO, he never should have mentioned this unless he had it registered.	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2008-08-06 21:49:00
Middle East and North Africa	K1 visa denied Cairo	It isn't lying if it was never registered.	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2008-08-06 22:22:00
Middle East and North Africa	K1 visa denied Cairo	I have some ideas, but wont post them because I do not want to upset the OP. All I know is that Cairo is considered high fraud, and these officers are well trained and have seen it all. Perhaps they uncovered something during their review and investigation. Of course they can use an excuse like the b/c, the baby's name.....but that is flimsy and it is just not grounds for a flat out denial. Edited by Nagishkaw, 07 August 2008 - 10:47 AM.	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2008-08-07 10:46:00
Middle East and North Africa	K1 visa denied Cairo	QUOTE (julianna @ Aug 8 2008, 03:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Hot Guy @ Aug 8 2008, 01:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well i think that's right. but as you know the child must be Muslim to cause of the father is Muslim and i think the CO know that .so maybe yeah its one of the red flags you have. it doesn't matter if you are older than him .it doesn't matter if you are divorced .it doesn't even matter if you have children. there are so many American women here who are older then their fiance/husband (there are some couples have about 18 years gap ) and there are so many American women here who are divorced and have children and there are some who even have grandchildren and they got their visa without any issue .so i don't think its the problem.. Good luck . you are in my prayers . my best wishes for you But... I don't think Eli violates the whole Islamic "good name" thing. I know there is a lot of Islamic=Arabic, but that's not necessarily the case. And as far as the child being Jewish, that's a Jewish ethnicity (and ticket to religion but the child has free choice), of course the child can be atheist, etc religiously... so I think the CO is just either personally against this or using it as an excuse. Also, who is to say that her fiance/husband is religious? I mean he's Muslim in paperwork, but who knows how he really is in his heart.. he could even convert to something else and never tell anyone... or he could be agnostic, atheist, non-religious... you know? ITA with the sentiment that the age, divorce, kids isn't supposed to matter and how many people go through this here and are approved... but... I seriously have to think it can make the difference to a CO... Like that it makes a red flag for them and then they look for other red flags which are legal in order to deny. I'm not saying Cos are "out to get anyone" but rather that sometimes, maybe, they read over a file and feel somehting isn't right in the summary of the case and the reasons stated may not always be the totality of the reasons they actually denied. Exactly.	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2008-08-08 07:45:00
Middle East and North Africa	Muslims	April, Sigh. I wish you'd just get it that Jews and Christians do cover, Christians not so much in the US but Jews yes.	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2008-05-25 06:34:00
Middle East and North Africa	Muslims	QUOTE (April and Mohamed @ May 25 2008, 06:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> So I wanted to know something, if it was just a Moroccan thing or what. There's the whole legend about not pouring hot water down the drain because a jinn is gonna pop out and slap you in the face (and other versions of the story ) Do people not pour hot water down the drain in other Muslim countries, or is it just a North African thing? I have many friends who are married to Moroccans and they all have testified to being practically jumped by their in-laws when they unknowingly went to pour hot water down the drain for the first time. Luckily my in-laws are a little less physical. They'll put an empty glass in the sink and pour the hot water into that. I do that in front of people but when I'm by myself I don't, because I haven't found its validity from my Islamic resources (texts, imams, Islamic studies professors, one of whom is rajl loosti), and I'm afraid of being superstitious because we're not supposed to be superstitious either. Share your thoughts! April My thoughts are...Seriously, you can't be serious.	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2008-05-25 06:42:00
Middle East and North Africa	Muslims	QUOTE (April and Mohamed @ May 25 2008, 07:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Nagishkaw @ May 25 2008, 11:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> April, Sigh. I wish you'd just get it that Jews and Christians do cover, Christians not so much in the US but Jews yes. Hey we've already moved on to another topic so let's not make a mountain out of a molehill. (No hagas una tormenta en un vaso de agua) HisLittleMisriya, thanks for the advice. My American friends tell me to not worry about it but also to not argue with my husband's family because I won't win So I'm not touching that one with them!! Also I found out that my mother-in-law is deathly afraid of donkeys at night (?) she says that they're shayatin (?) have you heard of that? I haven't researched that one lately cuz I've been a little busy. And it's not like I happen upon hmir every day! Gosh what else is there, so much. Lots of Moroccan culture mixed in with Islam over here to create a "Moroccan Islam" is how I see it. It's veeeeeery interesting though to see how converts practice Islam, for the most part, at least the ones I know, they're like cultureless, they don't have any cultural baggage that they bring into the religion with little superstitious practices, but keeping certain American cultural habits and traditions isn't un-Islamic either, I mean, aint nothing wrong with SuperBowl Sunday or baby showers or house-warming parties or countless other American traditions because they're not religious. (Right?) Oh yeah last night my husband told me that whenever I hear a hamar going eeeaawwweeeeaaaawww at night to say authoobilahiminashaytanirrajim. Do you guys do that too? Not like I would've known that back in the States, not many asses around. (Well...) April Como podremos encontrarlo con direcciones tan confusas?	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2008-05-25 07:32:00
Middle East and North Africa	Muslims	Necio. " General chat for muslims or anyone interested in particpating. "	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2008-05-25 08:07:00
Middle East and North Africa	Muslims	QUOTE (ta me go hiontach @ May 26 2008, 04:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (April and Mohamed @ May 26 2008, 07:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (S and S @ May 26 2008, 01:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Actually, the start of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict can be rested on the shoulders of the Brittish. The US wouldn't hardly help Israel at all until the late 1960s. Now days you can put a lot of the blame on the US, but not the beginning. The most the United States did was vote for the creation of Israel which many other countries did the same or it wouldn't have passed. It was Brittain who lied to the arabs and promised them the land and then later promised it to the Jewish, so I hold the blame of the start of the conflict squarely on their shoulders. So my husband has a really severe intense hatred to any and all Jews, and I don't know about ya'll but growing up I was taught to not hate anybody, especially not hating a whole group of people just for the actions of a stupid few, plus my family is extremely diverse so chances are if I'm racist against someone then I'd also be practicing racism towards one of my ancestors. I asked him if he's even met a Jew, no. I told him I know lots of Jews in California who don't support Israel or who just don't give a ####### one way or another, or who don't know enough to give a #######, but that didn't seem to have any influence on his thoughts. He swears that each and every Jew on the planet is part of a conspiracy theory against the Arabs, at which point I told him he's just going along blindly with what people have been telling him. I'm not asking him to go be best friends with them, I would just like that kind of discrimination to not exist in my nuclear family. I will not tolerate my children growing up to hate any group of people, period. I don't think "hateful" fits under the description of a "good Muslim". On another note, do you know how many Jewish converts there are to Islam? It's surprising! sorry, but i am just having a difficult time understanding how someone winds up married to a bigot when they say they are so diametrically opposed to such a viewpoint. this isn't like leaving the lid off the toothpaste or leaving his dirty clothes on the floor-it's like a big deal. this seems like an awfully big mountain to climb, especially after having already married him. best of luck with that! I gotta agree with that! First you say you are not a bigot and dont hate, April. Then you say ' I'm not "diametrically opposed" to his viewpoint as I too do not like neither the Israelis who actively participate in the occupation of Palestine nor anyone in any part of the world who supports the Israeli occupation. ' followed by , ' But I'm saying to forgive the GUILTY Israelis and to look the other way, absolutely not. ' So which is it? And for God's sake answer in English this time...unless you want to answer in Hebrew, which would be fine. Edited by Nagishkaw, 26 May 2008 - 04:52 PM.	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2008-05-26 16:49:00
Middle East and North Africa	Muslims	What is it that the ' others ' arn't understanding? It's crystal clear.	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2008-05-26 17:04:00
Middle East and North Africa	Muslims	QUOTE (charlesandnessa @ May 26 2008, 05:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (S and S @ May 26 2008, 04:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> April, i understand what you are trying to say even if others don't. Your wording wasn't perfect, but I see where you were trying to go with your points. so can i...... Points.	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2008-05-26 17:21:00
Middle East and North Africa	Muslims	QUOTE (April and Mohamed @ May 26 2008, 05:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (S and S @ May 26 2008, 10:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> God, silly people trying to pick on others who don't put their words together just right drive me crazy. I chose not to let people continue harrassing her when it is clear she is not trying to be hateful. You don't get it and its obvious. There are plenty of other threads to harrass people, why don't you go there. Thanks S and S. This is all just very hilarious reading all of the follow-up comments, especially the husband who mocked getting popped by a jinn, I would've paid to see that! Lol. But yeah, gosh, I guess forgetting to put one word in a sentence is just a crime these days, I should be publicly flogged. If I MAY redeem myself and insert the one word that I so shamefully forgot, here it goes, the forgotten word in bold: "But I'm not saying to forgive the GUILTY Israelis and to look the other way, absolutely not." Make more sense this time? If not, too bad. Whose BIL was it that had that conspiracy theory that all Americans and Jews and all Americans being Jews in disguise were plotting etc.? Sounds like you sat in on a conversation with MY husband's family and took notes seriously! Glad to know I'm not the only one. But hey, it's not like our fellow Americans don't have their own conspiracy theories against the "militant Islamists" as they say in the papers. Hey, wasn't it just a couple decades ago that Americans weren't the biggest fans of Jews? And now they're so apologetic for WWII etc. etc. It's like paying reparations for slavery, uh, nobody alive today has been a slave in the south so why do they deserve reparations? That'd be like me demanding a check for my Apache great-grandfather getting his land stolen. It was him, not me, and he's dead now, so move on. I'm just a realist, sorry if that insults anybody.	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2008-05-26 17:54:00
Middle East and North Africa	Muslims	Well my goodness. You act like it is all our fault that we read what you wrote the wrong way. Noobs. Sheesh!	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2008-05-26 18:02:00
Middle East and North Africa	Muslims	QUOTE (April and Mohamed @ May 26 2008, 06:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Nagishkaw @ May 26 2008, 11:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well my goodness. You act like it is all our fault that we read what you wrote the wrong way. Noobs. Sheesh! Nobody's blaming anyone for anything. Looks like you're getting a little defensive. CONGRATULATIONS!!! WELCOME TO VJ !!!	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2008-05-26 18:35:00
Middle East and North Africa	Muslims	QUOTE (Rajaa @ May 26 2008, 08:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Alrighty ladies and gentleman.... I really appreciate the interaction but please can we keep this thread as the intended supporting aspect we so often need in this day and age? I know I didn't write it but I assumed we as adults would understand and appreicate one another's differences, choose to agree to disagree and move on. This is the Muslim thread... I have to wonder how some of you are acting are you helping or hurting the Islamic cause to anyone non muslim reading this thread. So please if would refrain from the name calling and take it off the thread and in your PM I would appreciate it. I also wonder if you are aware of the fact that there are Israeli's and Jews who are reading this? How do you think they feel? VJ is a diverse community and members are free to read and post. This isnt some exclusive thread for Muslims Only when you, the OP stated in your title... ' or anyone interested ' . Just my .02 shekels worth.	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2008-05-26 21:47:00
Middle East and North Africa	Muslims	QUOTE (S and S @ May 26 2008, 09:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> There is nothing saying she can't post a muslim thread. Of course people of other faiths can read or comment, but your criticism is hardly constructive or welcoming to newer members. Neither is the bigotry contained in here constructive to newer members.	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2008-05-26 21:56:00
Middle East and North Africa	Muslims	Im a pervert. Before that I was a prevert.	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2009-04-09 16:32:00
Middle East and North Africa	Muslims	Captain, take a walk over to the LETS DISCUSS RELIGION thread....you may have to delete some more.	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2009-05-16 15:32:00
Middle East and North Africa	Muslims	The low down: Not gonna name names here, but a certain individual who made it his/her mission to target and slam another certain poster went around and purposely selected MENA threads and made unnecessary comments to said poster. Those posts were indeed reported and consequently made inviso by not only the Captain ( on one occasion ) , but also by a mod, as they should be. The end.	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2009-05-16 17:40:00
Middle East and North Africa	Muslims	Insecure.Weak. Poor self esteem. Twisted. Flat out nuts. QUOTE Why do people have to constantly come in to threads and try to destroy a good thing? Edited by Nagishkaw, 17 May 2009 - 05:18 AM.	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2009-05-17 05:16:00
Middle East and North Africa	Child Custody In Egypt (Slightly Off Topic)	Is anyone familiar with child custody laws in Egypt? Khalid (my man) really wants custody of his younger son, Youssef. He has custody of his older son (Adam), but that's because Adam's mother died years ago. But he really wants his 2 boys to grow up together. Right now, little Youssef's mother has custody. When they were married, Khalid owned 2 apartments. His Ex got one of them, and lives in it now. Plus she works. So she is established and all. Khalid pays support for the child. I've been hearing that the Egyptian courts tend to favor the mother. He plans to live with me, and we can raise Adam. But he doesn't want to be a stranger to his younger son, or for the kids to be apart until Youssef is 12 (standard age when the father can usually take the child). But even still-- does he have any hope for custody at all? I mean is it possible? Any Egyptians here know about this?	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2011-06-23 18:53:00
Middle East and North Africa	Child Custody In Egypt (Slightly Off Topic)	Hi Nagi, long time no see post!!!! Howdy, T !	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2011-06-23 20:47:00
Middle East and North Africa	Today we lost a MENA jewel	Oh my Lord no! This is breaking my heart . Im stunned.	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2008-06-17 20:43:00
Middle East and North Africa	Today we lost a MENA jewel	Thanks, but I cant bring myself to watch them.	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2008-06-18 08:51:00
Middle East and North Africa	Riots in Egypt?	Quite ok.	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2008-04-09 16:14:00
Middle East and North Africa	MENA nicknames	I call him HEHAKA MANI ( walking elk ) or BABYDOLL. He calls me MY SOUL, MY LIFE, or MY LOVE.	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2007-04-17 06:35:00
Middle East and North Africa	Going to different consulate than home country?	Topic moved from OFF TOPIC to MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA.	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2010-07-20 11:03:00
Middle East and North Africa	any body hear about that : visa cancled without prejudice	If this matter has been decided without prejudice, that only means that there is no binding ruling on the books. In other words, you can re apply, and it will be as if you have applied for the first time. Your record is clean. So go ahead and re-apply for the K-1, the new trier of facts will not take into account your previous refusal. Edited by Nagishkaw, 10 July 2010 - 08:14 PM.	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2010-07-10 20:03:00
Middle East and North Africa	The visa has been issued !!!!!!!!!!!	I have been waiting for this post for such a very long time and finally, at long last, here it is. Don't know if I want to dance or cry, but thank G-d your wait has ended. A well deserved CONGRATULATIONS, Mohammed and Trina!	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2010-05-31 10:40:00
Middle East and North Africa	police certificate & birth certificate for Egypt	or does this need to be done by the Egyptian government? The BC does not have to be translated by the EGY government.	Nagishkaw	Not Telling	Egypt	2010-05-22 15:16:00