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Hi all ! I am moving to Cairo (Maadi)next month for a period of 3 months initially to see if I can find a good job. I have been to Egypt before and I loved it! I am Irish, 27 years old and work as a marketing consultant. I have a degree in business and a degree in marketing and several years experience. What are my chances of securing employment in Cairo? My biggest impediment unfortunately is that I don't have Arabic although I am starting to learn. I would welcome your opinion regarding the employment situation in Cairo especially for Europeans. Thank you Liza
elizabeth sullivan Member # 317
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hi, please contact me . I am going to live in maadi. and we can be friends. I am going there for research. my e-mail address is: easx@hotmail.com. by
your_male2000 Member # 1286
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HI I'm Mohamed I live in Maadi too so if you want any help you're welcome.. send to me on your_male2000@yahoo.com
cairowannabee Member # 742
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Hi Liza The overwelming piece of advice that come from the forum tends to be you would be better to get a job back home and then come here. If you secure work whilst in Egypt the chance sare that you will be paid less and have an inferior package, compared to getting the same job from home.
regards cwb
Raúl Barcelona Member # 1309
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Hi! I´m moving too to Cairo in two weeks and I have a lot of dudes on Egypt labour system. I´m gonna work at Saudi Arabia hotel with spanish management. That means I will have an Egypt contract and I have tons of dudes: incomes deductions, health, cost of living in Cairo.....
I´m going to Egypt alone ¿How is the people there? ¿Is it easy to make friends?
musafir Member # 1264
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Hi -
I am in the same boat; I am moving to Cairo for a year - my husband is doing his research for his Phd while I am going to try and find a job in my field - I have a back ground working with startups and technology companies in the San francisco Bay area.
I have targeted a few interesting tech. companies in Cairo, and trying to figure out the best way to get in touch with them.
I am open to moving out of my field - the tourism industry seems very interesting.
I am moving in Jan 2003 - would love to keep in touch with you all;
my email is nhasnat@yahoo.com
good luck!
rabab yousry Member # 1634
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[if you are a marketing consultant i think you might have a chance. A friend of mine has a center foro training and sonsultancy. she hires people like you. When u coem to Egypt contact me on rabab_yousry@hotmail.com
AussieInCairo Member # 1030
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Hi Liza! "Welcome in Egypt!" Get used to that expression coz you'll be hearing it a lot when you arrive in Egypt .
It’s great that you’re so excited about coming to Egypt ... and you’ve good reason to be because it’s such a magnificent and exciting country. I’m also a foreigner who was given the wonderful opportunity to live and work in Egypt a couple of years ago.
Cairo is a very safe city but being a single girl you should be very aware of the Egyptian men that will try to befriend you! A good example is Your_Male2000’s sleazy posting above! I’ve met a few of these types before and to be honest the kind of Egyptian men you're likely to meet being a foreigner, you should be very careful from them. They're sleazy, immature, liars and down-right deceitful! You’ll be surprised at the kind of tricks they’ll come up with in order to befriend you and of course they almost always have bad intentions in mind! You'll also see a number of arrogant Egyptian "boys" cruising around in their flash BMWs that their daddies bought them ... they drive around looking for girls to pick up off the streets and try to impress you with their flash cars and fat wallets!! Be careful from them also.
OK Liza. I hope I've been of some help! You sound like a wonderful young person and it’d be an honor if you decide to keep in touch with me! If you like I could email you with my mobile no. A huge foreign city like Cairo can be such a daunting place for a stranger and it’d be my pleasure to meet you when you arrive here. I take it that you’re a single girl
Bye for now and take care.
AussieBoy
Alabanda Member # 594
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Aussie, doesn't this sound like... Watch Egyptian men like "your male". but hey I'm doing the same thing?
primak Member # 494
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Your Male whatever post was angelic compared to aussie's sleaze...fed up of egyptian "beauties" are you? Baygon isn't working is it?
Art In Black Member # 1410
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Now is this a bullshitter or is he a bullshitter?
" I take it that you’re a single girl "
Now Liza, i would say this is the kind of man u should be aware of.
Liza Member # 278
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Thanks for the 'late' replies to a message I posted over 18 months ago!!! I have lived in Egypt for over 12 months now LOL
Donya Member # 448
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lol Liza...so? how are you finding living and working in Cairo? What have you found to be the pro's and con's? I would be interested in your response.
Best regards Donya
AussieInCairo Member # 1030
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woops! Well, it was worth a try I guess!
AssyBoy
Liza Member # 278
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Hi Donya To answer your question - I am finding life in Egypt a myriad of things but mainly a wonderful experience. I (think) I have settled in pretty well but it's a constant learning curve. The honeymoon period is over and the initial delight in everything that was different turned to frustration for a while. Thankfully my level of understanding of the society is improving gradually.
Egypt is a gem and anyone who has any desire to travel should take the chance. Life is too short for stagnation.
What about you Donya? What is your situation?
jaci Member # 3597
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Hi Liza - my name is Jaci, i am hopefully going to work in cairo in the not too distant future & was hoping you could give me some advice! many thanks Jaci
BoBBoSS Member # 3456
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hi my frined, i wish u a happy time here , and enjoy ur time , there are a lot of maadi residents here, and i am one of them , so i will be glad if u 'd like to share ur problems with us here, i am sure u will find alot of benifits here.
we are all ur friends and ur guides here in case u need anything
------------------ BoBBoSS
slim Member # 3622
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HI,
I am a US highschool student. I live in chicago and was wondering could you help me with a project on the injustices going on in Egypt at this time. Have you experienced this? Are there any local newspapers I can look up? If you could help that would be really great. It's just me and another girl on this project and its hard to do without an inside source. I hope this finds you. holla- NIKOLE
seeking you Member # 3842
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HI Liza I am happy that you are coming to egypt i am 26 egyptian i like to have freinds from all the world i live in zamalek it is not far from maadi 20 min hmmm actually i hope to hear from you soon coz here we can introduce ourselves freely , u know all ppl read lol anyway i hopr to hear from you soon here is my mail: y_elaskalany@hotmail.com take care best regards
EgyptianDoc77 Member # 3777
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by AussieInCairo:
what a posting, just look up uir profile urself and check ur interests, didnt u write girls ( egyptian girls)??? what do u think then u might be old but believe me ur post is so immature and sounds like, they r bad iam the best...lol..be more smart next time and plz be sensible and not much extremist in a message..
how old r u by the way??? i hope not 12
------------------ Dr.M.Lotfy Resident Doctor of Dermatology & Andrology
Dalia Member # 1230
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quote:Originally posted by seeking you: HI Liza I am happy that you are coming to egypt i am 26 egyptian i like to have freinds from all the world i live in zamalek it is not far from maadi 20 min hmmm actually i hope to hear from you soon coz here we can introduce ourselves freely , u know all ppl read lol anyway i hopr to hear from you soon here is my mail: y_elaskalany@hotmail.com take care best regards
Geeeez ... check the date of the initial post ... Liza has been here for about two years by now and she doesn't check this board any more ...
EgyptianDoc77 Member # 3777
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hahahaha
hey dalia, seeking u seeks anyone at any time even if in the past, thats why he is "seeking you"
------------------ Dr.M.Lotfy Resident Doctor of Dermatology & Andrology
Nutso_Ordinary Member # 3826
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quote:Originally posted by EgyptianDoc77: [QUOTE]Originally posted by AussieInCairo:
what a posting, just look up uir profile urself and check ur interests, didnt u write girls ( egyptian girls)??? what do u think then u might be old but believe me ur post is so immature and sounds like, they r bad iam the best...lol..be more smart next time and plz be sensible and not much extremist in a message..
how old r u by the way??? i hope not 12
Could you explain what it is you found objectionable in his post...aside from the fact he's replying to a 2year old post.
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I’ve met a few of these types before and to be honest the kind of Egyptian men you're likely to meet being a foreigner, you should be very careful from them. They're sleazy, immature, liars and down-right deceitful! You’ll be surprised at the kind of tricks they’ll come up with in order to befriend you and of course they almost always have bad intentions in mind! 
Well, it was worth a try I guess! 