Introductions - Please introduce yourself.

[ideer2]

Hi, Im Liv from Norway. Am hoping to start business in Giza or October city soon. My egyptian boyfriend hasnt got visa to Norway, so I will reside in Egypt most of the year. He newly quitted his job as engineer. Now we will start a shop together. Is October a good place to start shop?

[gby247]

Hi Everyone,

My name is Fatma and I am an American who has made Mansoura my new place of life. I am newly married to an Egyptian. Even though I love Egypt and all the beautiful and not so beautiful sceneries, as many of us can relate it can be lonely and homesickness can set in.


I am hoping to meet new people and share stories.

[nefer]

Hi,

I'm Karen, I'm moving to Sharm from UK in a weeks time (eek!) to spend some time there and see how it goes, having just joined the ranks of the redundant!

What are the best places to meet like-minded friends? It would be nice to meet other expats for drinks, eating out, swimming etc. I am also looking for a nice flat to rent if anyone knows of one, Thanks for any tips.

[nstick13]

hey, my name is Nate and I'm a recent graduate of The Ohio State University. Plan on moving to Egypt this autumn to teach English.

[Linda-Sara]

Hi!

I just found this site and it's great! I'm a Swedish woman married to an Egyptian, whom I met in Hurghada last year. Been living with him in Hurghada and Cairo (6th October City) for nine months, but are back in Sweden since one month trying to sort out my economy. My experience is that it's hard to find work at the moment in Egypt and it's also difficult to survive on the salaries there.

I want to move back to Hurghada in a few months (have a contract for work here until June 30th) but I really don't want to end up like last time - poor like hell. I'm now trying to find a solution for this and am thinking about starting my own buisness. Any ideas? I'm a trained social worker and also massage therapist.

All I know is that I love Egypt so much and I prefer living there compared to cold Sweden.

/Linda-Sara

[Linda-Sara]

Originally Posted by ideer2

Hi, Im Liv from Norway. Am hoping to start business in Giza or October city soon. My egyptian boyfriend hasnt got visa to Norway, so I will reside in Egypt most of the year. He newly quitted his job as engineer. Now we will start a shop together. Is October a good place to start shop?

Hi! I was living in October for a few months and have my husband there. What kind of shop are you planning to open? And in what area of October?

/Linda-Sara

[ideer2]

Originally Posted by Linda-Sara

Hi! I was living in October for a few months and have my husband there. What kind of shop are you planning to open? And in what area of October?

/Linda-Sara

Hi Linda-Sara and welcme to forum.
My boyfriend and I will not start shop in October although, cos weve found a shop in Mohandessen (Giza)we will start. We will open a netcaffee there. Im going back on monday the 16 th of march, and start the prosess. We have to apply for lisence from the government, and hope it will not take long time.

By the reason of my daughter, who are in Norway while Im in Egypt, and can not manage life alone, and is at school, I can only stay in Egypt for short time. So I will only stay there for 10 days. But in summer Im planning to be there in several months. My boyfriend will do the work in shop when Im not there.

How is it to leave your husband there? You and I are in the same situation and we are from neighbourcountries. I think its very hard to leave my boyfriend, but cos of my kids I cant stay in Egypt all the time. They go to school here in Norway. They are not small, but one of them has a syndrom, and I would let her finish comprehensive school. But from this summer she is finish, and it will become easier to take her with me to Egypt.

What do u think of situation for women in Egypt? I mean women rights and gender equalness. I dont know if I can keep myself from doing something for working with this case in Egypt, but maybe I will be in danger if I do. What do u think?

It would be nice to hearing from u again.

[Linda-Sara]

Originally Posted by ideer2

Hi Linda-Sara and welcme to forum.
My boyfriend and I will not start shop in October although, cos weve found a shop in Mohandessen (Giza)we will start. We will open a netcaffee there. Im going back on monday the 16 th of march, and start the prosess. We have to apply for lisence from the government, and hope it will not take long time.

By the reason of my daughter, who are in Norway while Im in Egypt, and can not manage life alone, and is at school, I can only stay in Egypt for short time. So I will only stay there for 10 days. But in summer Im planning to be there in several months. My boyfriend will do the work in shop when Im not there.

How is it to leave your husband there? You and I are in the same situation and we are from neighbourcountries. I think its very hard to leave my boyfriend, but cos of my kids I cant stay in Egypt all the time. They go to school here in Norway. They are not small, but one of them has a syndrom, and I would let her finish comprehensive school. But from this summer she is finish, and it will become easier to take her with me to Egypt.

What do u think of situation for women in Egypt? I mean women rights and gender equalness. I dont know if I can keep myself from doing something for working with this case in Egypt, but maybe I will be in danger if I do. What do u think?

It would be nice to hearing from u again.

Mohandessen is a nice area - I wish you good luck for your business there!

Of course it's very hard to leave my husband in Egypt and the only way for me to survive is by focusing on the postive sides of this. He's applied for recidence visa to Sweden, and has his interview at the embassy on 17 of March (very soon now!), and I'm going to visit him for two weeks on 28 of March. Then, hopefully, he will come to Sweden in May/June and then we'll se how long we'll be staying here. I want to live in Egypt and I know he doesn't want to stay in Sweden forever. We just need to work out a good plan for the future, considering the economical situation in Egypt. But I really wish everything will be fine and that I'll be strong enough to manage my situation without him, God knows times are difficult now!

Womens situation in Egypt... Oh I don't know what to say really. As a feminist myself it's very hard to see what's going on, and at the same time I feel like I'm cut in two pieces since I myself am have my Egyptian family there and I know the culture and the values from the inside. I hope that change will come in time and I can also see the difference between the young women and the older generations. I've also been thinking about standing up for this, but as you say it's actually quite scary because you never know whats going to happen... So basically I have a lot of oppinions but not a lot of action.

I hope everything will be fine with your children and that you'll have the possibility to live where ever you want to. I think there are a lot of good schools in Egypt if you want to move them there. Isn't there an international school in October/Dreamland?

Ha det!

[zaisabella]

Hi, I'll be moving to Cairo towards the middle of the year. Would love to start chatting to people who are already living there for advice on where to live, jobs, etc. I'm a writer and intend to write full time once there.

[dianne]

Hello Am Dianne form Asia>>>>