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If you get a Lebara sim, texts are 10p each UK to Egypt and calls 10p per minute. It is a bit of a faff though because you either have to get a dual sim phone (mine died ) or keep swapping sims, but might worth looking at.
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omg sponge get skype, but i think you said he does not have access to internet.
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quote:Originally posted by Sponge: Only on his phone so I don't think he can use it??
Oh i can now understand your frustrations then
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When he can get credit he gets online chat on his phone like MSN, but the internet signal is so bad that msgs get lost so we both start thinking we're ignoring each other!! And to have a conversation is tooo slow.
Just had a lovely two and half hours on phone though. Worth every penny of the £8 Posts: 171 | From: UK | Registered: Mar 2011
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If you send texts from Skype to Egypt (assuming you have skype credit), they cost about 6p English I think (might be even less, but my Skype comes up in Euros and I can't be bothered to sign on to it to check right now whatever, it;s definitely cheaper than sending to a UK phone.)
Only problem is, your person in Egypt can't use 'reply' but has to consciously select your phone number.
If you're on O2 you can get a bolton enabling you to make international texts for 10p. Cost me £4.99 as a one off charge about 4 years ago!
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Also with LEBARA MOBILE if yr partner has an Egyptian landline (homephone) it only costs 1p a minute !!! thats better than calling in uk form a mobile to landline in most cases x I've got LEBARA its definately well worth the sim swapping....except for when u forget where u left the other one as i do most times LOL
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No landline at home. The best way for me is to call from home phone to mobile with the internet based companies. Think I can get it for 5p a min.
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Yeah its a thought. Bit of a faff to change sims and I'll probably have to pay to get phone unlocked but worth it in the long run...
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quote:Originally posted by Sponge: I'd like to ask a few questions of the people who are in the UK married to Egyptian men. Here goes:
What is your religion and what is his? If he is muslim, is he strict muslim? and are you strongly religous?
Did you convert to Islam to marry? (not that this is something I'd do, but I'd like to hear others opinions on it)
The reason I ask is that my partner is from a strict muslim family who live in a very small village. No one tends to move in or out and I have been the first English person ever to visit their village or that they have ever met.
His family at this point don't know that we intend to marry as he is worried that when he tells them, they will say no because I am not muslim. I fully respect their religion and believe in a lot of the things that I already know but I'm not a particularly religious person.
I have visited his family and stayed at his house with his family twice (just as friends)and they know that I have married before. I talk to them when I ring him and he is with them (well, as much as we can with the language barrier!)and we all miss each other very much, but I worry when they find out we intend to marry they will try and end the relationship.
He has said that to him it doesn't matter of my religion and if I don't want to convert then this is ok. But he worries too much about his family.
Also, I would like to learn more about Islam and have my own opinion on it. If I were ever to convert, it would be for me and not just to keep a relationship. But a lot of the places I search just seem to be the bad things or so complicated I can't start to understand it all. Can you recommend any websites where I can a true picture of Islam.
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ok, im new here, just registered today, and still not have time to read all posts, but i find this very interesting for several reasons... first, I have an Egyptian friend, he is Orthodox, im Chatolic. that realy not important now, but we talk alot about religion, and about Islam because he live in Cairo and he know very good muslim people and religion. and one thing we agree about is how can you "convert"??? If you realy trust in something then there is no change to that, no matter what or no matter who ask that from you. very good that you see that as your choice and if you ever accept Islam you will do it for you and not because somebody want you to do that. You have my respect to that. Im not very religios person to, but i could never change for anything because i realy trust in my religion, not only because i'm raised that way, but because i realy do believe. and can i ask how he see your religion? he ever think to convert to your religion? try to understand your religion? thanks PS. I apologize for my English, because I'm Croatian :-)
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quote:Originally posted by murray-mint77: ^^Yes that is the official wording as such..^^ (people of the book) but I feel to b honest it is far more accepted to marry one with no religion (to as far as atheist) than an idolator, (which does include the catholic religion) which is as far as im aware a religion of the book...thats why i don't like to state that term ''people of the book'' But that is just my personal opinion/view on things x
sorry i have not been here for what seems like years to post although i do come when bored and read, i dont normally say anything, and i know this post is old but i have to stick my oar in and say please dont give advice on islam by using your own personal opinion.. are you a muslim?? im guessing not as no muslim would say what you said. it is fact no muslim man can marry a non believer..
MARRIAGE WITH KUFFARS:
Marriages between Muslims and atheists are not permissible at all. In such cases, the man or woman should accept Islam before entering into a shar'ai legal "nikaah."
And do not marry Al-Mushrikats {idolatress, etc.} till they believe (worship Allah alone). And indeed a slave woman is better than a (free) Mushrikah {idolatress,
Lawful unto you in marriage) are (not only) chaste women who are believers, but chaste women among the People of the Book revealed before your time.
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