Any help would be greatly appreciated. We are currently residing in Madinet Nasr so maybe could find something close by.

Congratulations on finally arriving, did you manage to find a job?

Yes, it is expensive to set up a home here if you want American style furniture, especially as there is very little second-hand furniture available. The cheapest way to get your furniture is to have it made, if you check back on some threads you will find some advice on that. However, you need to be really careful who you go to, as you don't always get exactly what you expect to get...orders are sometimes interpreted the way the carpenter wants to do it, rather than the way you want it!

Thanks for the info. Yes, my family and I finally made it here after planning for 4 years. It seems as if we still do not have enough money saved. I have not found a job as of yet because I have a young child. Maybe, next year I will try and teach.

I was wondering if I could email you personally as I feel like I could learn a lot from you. You seem to be a Muslim who is on the correct path which seems hard to find here in Egypt.

I will check into the furniture and see what I can find it.

Insha Allah you will get barakah from the money you have brought with you and it will be enough to meet your initial needs.

I don’t know if you have seen any of my other messages recently, but I have suggested to a couple of sisters recently to have a look at this link that contains a number of groups for women connected with, or living in Egypt. http://groups.yahoo.com/search?query=women+living+in+Egypt&submit=Search There are probably others too if you hunt for them, but they will give you contacts with other women, some in a similar situation to yours who can offer more detailed local advice.