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I have been contacted by a woman here in the U.K who is married to an Egyptian. He traveled to Cairo last week and she has seen a pic on his cousins FB of him with a woman signing a nikah certificate. The next pic shows him hugging her from behind (spoonyish). She confronted him and he claims it is his sisters marriage ceremony and the woman is his sister and the pics have now been removed. Is there any way of checking his claim (marriage registry? ect.)? Sorry if it is a bit vague, thanks for any help. I don't want to involve my husband because then I will have to tell him why I need to know.
Ayisha Member # 4713
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why would he be signing his sisters nikah certificate and hugging his sister from behind unless he married his sister?
I suppose she could try the local court but why didnt he tell her he was going to Cairo for his siters wedding, if it is his sister? It is normal to tell your wife your sister (her sister in law) is getting married and it is normal for the Egy woman to have pics of her and her husband, not her and her brother. I have seen many many wedding pics here and not ONE were NOT of the man and his wife. Its not the same as in UK where you have pics of the whole crowd, not from what I have seen anyway.
I would say 99% certain the guy now has an Egyptian wife. Was he in UK with his British wife before he travelled to Cairo?
weirdkitty Member # 15365
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Firstly, she is married to him and doesn't even know what his family looks like? Secondly, I second what Ayisha said. You do hear many stories of Egy men passing their wives off as their sister. This all sounds very dodgy and I wouldn't trust him.
Stephie_ELH Member # 16197
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She is staying at my house at the min cause she is freaking out. I agree with you guys...something is fishy. But I don't know if there is anything she can do to check...here she could just check with the registry office or something...not sure if there is a procedure there. Whole situation bites...I feel for her
stayingput Member # 14989
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Did she save the pictures? I hope so.
We went to a wedding party last summer and there were pictures taken of groups - him and his best buddies, her and his sisters and mother, the both of them with out of town guests - however, it was a rather lavish, hotel affair so the photography budget was probably larger than average.
That said, I have NEVER seen a wedding picture of the bride and her brother cuddled up. Most often weddings are a rather formal affair and the rules of decorum apply.
If that really was his sister, why were the pictures taken down?
Mrs Hassan Member # 15069
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quote:Originally posted by Stephie_ELH: I have been contacted by a woman here in the U.K who is married to an Egyptian. He traveled to Cairo last week and she has seen a pic on his cousins FB of him with a woman signing a nikah certificate. The next pic shows him hugging her from behind (spoonyish). She confronted him and he claims it is his sisters marriage ceremony and the woman is his sister and the pics have now been removed. Is there any way of checking his claim (marriage registry? ect.)? Sorry if it is a bit vague, thanks for any help. I don't want to involve my husband because then I will have to tell him why I need to know.
Why doesn't she just ask the family or send a mail to the person on facebook, saying congratulations, and see what they come back with! Most familys wont like to hide this sort of thing if he has married again and someone will tell the truth. Not that I want to be negative, but i hope your friend met his family etc before going down the path of marriage? This is a really important thing to do. I never understand why we choose to marry someone whose family we dont know or have never met, we would not do that if we were marrying someone from our own country. Believe me egyptian familys come first and if he has a good family, they will say if he is married or not.
Two Member # 17234
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quote:Originally posted by Stephie_ELH: I have been contacted by a woman here in the U.K who is married to an Egyptian. He traveled to Cairo last week and she has seen a pic on his cousins FB of him with a woman signing a nikah certificate. The next pic shows him hugging her from behind (spoonyish). She confronted him and he claims it is his sisters marriage ceremony and the woman is his sister and the pics have now been removed. Is there any way of checking his claim (marriage registry? ect.)? Sorry if it is a bit vague, thanks for any help. I don't want to involve my husband because then I will have to tell him why I need to know.
He may have witnessed the marriage and was happy for his sister.
Supercalafragalistic Member # 15631
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I agree with WK... weird that she doesn't know what his family look like.
Tigerlily Member # 3567
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quote:Originally posted by Stephie_ELH: The next pic shows him hugging her from behind (spoonyish).
Seems to me that this man must be really close with his 'sister'.
Btw, isn't your own husband still in Cairo?? Do both men know each other??
Penny Member # 1925
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As she probably doesn't speak or read arabic the only way she can check is to engage a lawyer to do it for her. They will need his full name and ID number. Unlike UK the marriage registry is actually all computerised centrally.
In the UK you have to know which district the person was married in so its actually harder to check than Egypt!
There's a list of lawyers on the British Embassy site, well worth paying for peace of mind.
happybunny Member # 14224
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I agree with kitty. Strange that she has never met the sister. If it was a long lost cousin i would understand but the sister?
It also sounds strange that the photos are now not there. If it were so innocent why remove the photos from FB?
Sorry Steph, doesn't sound too good to me :sad:
marydot Member # 15932
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If the pictures were removed straight away, then this is a sign theres something to hide.
I would of thought your friend's husband would of told her that his sister is getting married???? Sounds like he has got married and wants to hide it by telling her its his sister.
Maybe i'm wrong i dont know but i would not trust anyone who i had doubts about.
Chiquita Member # 17764
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Get yourself down to Cairo asap to check for yourself! That'll soon put the family to shame.... The English wife turning up whilst neither of the wives knew knew of each other!
And that's coz I'm pretty sure it is what u think. Muslim adults never spoonyishly cuddle their siblings. Secondly why on earth would he not mention a wedding to you?!
Stephie_ELH Member # 16197
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Sorry for no reply for a while, was working and dealing with fallout My husband is still in Cairo and he has met the guy a couple of times, but I don't want to involve him yet. Like I said, something is really fishy and odd.thanks for all the help and no bitchy comments!
egyptian7 Member # 12215
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hehe i loved ur xpression nikkah certificate lol
tina kamal Member # 13845
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IF IT SMELLS LIKE FISH GUESS WHAT.. ITS PROBABLY NOT CHICKEN....girl i so do not wanna be in yr shoes..cas i always jump to conclusions.
HOT Member # 17830
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mmmm
I think he's lying of course
Some ppl get married several times & don't want their wives to know.
Its weird she doesn't know what his sis looks like but has his cousin on FB
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