How to get the hell out of Egypt!

[Davideg]

Originally Posted by DeadGuy

The details you gave about yourself made me stop wondering why has it never worked when I tried

Seriously though, and no offense! But don't you think this is the wrong forum for such a topic?

As for your car..........Someone I know had the same, windshield smashed too.........Just get yourself a gun, and learn how to use it........It did work for some people......

Best of luck dude!

Where do u think is better to open such a topic? if you have a better place please guide me i'll be thankful

Violence is not an option for me, i will never buy a gun, nor shoot someone

[DeadGuy]

Originally Posted by Davideg

Where do u think is better to open such a topic? if you have a better place please guide me i'll be thankful

Violence is not an option for me, i will never buy a gun, nor shoot someone

Well I only tried the "embassies" scenario couple times AGES ago, and once I came to the conclusion that it will never work unless I put EVERYONE I know in a really tight spot, I decided not to waste my time on a lost cause, so I can't help much with your situation I'm afraid.

However I can only suggest you to try and contact any of the American Egyptian lawyers that are involved in such cases, or offices that would offer help, and there are PLENTY of those, but this is a forum for expats, not immigration, so I believe this forum could be helpful if you're already in a foreign country, but you're not........So........

As for violence, I never said you'd NEED to use the gun to shoot anyone if you don't want to! You are an Egyptian, so you know how anyone would react if you just shot a couple shots "in the air", they'd just p!ss off and never come back again.........Personally I would shoot anyone trying to cause me or my close ones any harm, consider me a violent person, an arse, whatever, but sh!t happens, and you gotta deal with it somehow.....

Good luck buddy!

[DeadGuy]

A friend of mine got the cross hanging from his mirror too by the way, but since all the Ruin the Copts' cars campaign started, he decided to get a Mus-haff from a Muslim friend of ours and put it in his car too

His car is totally fine, so far anyway

[jojo]

Top tip: Dont hang a cross from your rearview mirror!

Jo xxx

[DeadGuy]

Originally Posted by jojo

Top tip: Dont hang a cross from your rearview mirror!

Jo xxx

And if you got the cross tattoo on your wrist, cut your wrist off........

If your mom/sister/wife/daughter is not covering her hair, start covering her hair......

If you go to a church to pray, make sure no one sees you, or start going to a mosque to pray.......

Sorry if I sound too sarcastic, but even if I had a car, I wouldn't just take the cross off my bloody mirror........Not without a fight anyway!

[jojo]

Originally Posted by DeadGuy

And if you got the cross tattoo on your wrist, cut your wrist off........

If your mom/sister/wife/daughter is not covering her hair, start covering her hair......

If you go to a church to pray, make sure no one sees you, or start going to a mosque to pray.......

Sorry if I sound too sarcastic, but even if I had a car, I wouldn't just take the cross off my bloody mirror........Not without a fight anyway!

Religions dont do themselves any favours do they - none of them!

Jo xxx

[DeadGuy]

Originally Posted by jojo

Religions dont do themselves any favours do they - none of them!

Jo xxx

No they don't, no.........

But pretending to be someone that you're not won't do you any favors either........

[jojo]

Originally Posted by DeadGuy

No they don't, no.........

But pretending to be someone that you're not won't do you any favors either........

Its not pretending, its simply keeping your beliefs to yourself and not "waving the banner"!!! Especially if you're in a country where it seems to matter!??

Jo xxx

[MaidenScotland]

Originally Posted by jojo

Its not pretending, its simply keeping your beliefs to yourself and not "waving the banner"!!! Especially if you're in a country where it seems to matter!??

Jo xxx

It's not that simple Jo.. in this country you are one of two things..1 you are a Muslim 2 your not a Muslim.. nothing else matters.
You are identified by your name... say a name to someone and they will say.. that's a Christian name...
You are identified by what you eat/
You are identified by what you wear
You are identified by what school you go to.

It is hard for for those that have never lived in a religiously divided country to imagine what is is really like and how we can easily identify each other.
I am sure you all know that I am Irish/Scottish Catholic. I have family in Belfast who can tell someones religion just by looking, when I questioned this they said.. you just can.

I for one feel you shouldn't remove your cross...doing so would just be another nail in the cross pardon the pun for Copts in this country.

[canuck2010]

The winds of change are only blowing in one direction in Egypt. It's probably a good idea to keep a low profile no matter what religion one follows.