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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sashyra8: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Mo Ning Min E: [qb] Why aren't we living at home with our families??? Any foreign woman living here alone, not working, must have been asked this question. People in this kind of culture cannot really grasp the idea that as women, we own our own lives, we have our own financial arrangements, and we own our own bodies. And we make our own arrangements. Don't get me wrong, I'm not putting Egyptians down here, not saying they're dumb; We do the same, you know how often, and how frustrating it is, you speak to a smart young Egyptan girl, just about to finish college, and ask 'So, are you going to go off to Cairo [or Paris NY ...] and get a great job now?' Er no. She is going to put the degree away in a drawer, get her folks to find a rich husband, and stay home eating cakes from Groppi's, and calling foreigners sharameet. I've been a widow here for over 5 years [English husband] and people who should know better still think I am only still here because I can't get an Egyptian man to marry me. Women should be near their families. Even married women hate to be more than a cab ride away. Maybe it's better than our way. In many ways it is. Smells of tribalism to me sometimes. Women who are here with Egyptian husbands, and I know a few, are more admired for the way they integrate, become fake Egyptian women. Ask permission to go shopping. Only go to 'family' coffee shops. Sit quietly with folded hands, silently nodding when her husband is speaking. And amongst the female in-laws, calling foreigners sharameet. Seen it. Heard it. Could never do it! I need a beer now and again. :D [/qb][/QUOTE]*handles bucket of ice cold beer to Mo Ning Me* [/QB][/QUOTE]
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