Moving to Egypt From California

[misfit]

Originally Posted by mex

ok, let me tell you that you have two choices, first you can come to Egypt, you can join groups of female muslims who are in mosques do alot of work to introduce islam to nonmuslims and help the new muslims to know islam very well, and you can find a good job in teaching English in schools where your kids can join too, or in languages center which are very popular here, i know two irish gys who teach in one of these and get the same salalry they were getting in ireland, and because life here is very cheap not like uk so if you are getting even half of what you get back home you will live a perefect life, and if you decided to come i will love to help you as much as i can coz it will be great to help a muslim sister.
second choice, you fo to dubai, in dubai there are alot expats from uk, and you can find a good job there too, maybe becaus expats there are more than the nationals and specially from asia , and europe, so most of them are nonmusims so islam will not be noticed as in Egypt, but you still will find great help there from muslims who will love to help a newly muslim lady and her kids and will do their best to get her what she needs to feel that you are a muslim sister to them, and you can make search about jobs there, and apply, and inshallah you may get a good one if you decided to go there although it will be better if you are there to get the job coz they will need to meet you face to face.
i hope inshallah you do what is the best for you, and if you are practicing islam you can pray (istakhara ) you know it? its a prayer we pray if we want to decide something, and inshallah Allah will guide you to the best, and you have to know whether you come to egypt or dubai you are doing that for the sake of allah and Allah will help you.

Thank you so much for giving me the 2 options to think about. Ideally, I would like to test both the waters one toe at a time to see where my heart is more at peace, Inshallah.
Do you happen to know any contact numbers for these schools in either of these countries?
I definately will take up your offer of help when I decide to visit egypt. I actually have a flight booked for April but thats more of a family fun holiday for 2 weeks in Sharm with a few days in Cairo and I will do Istakhara.
Please continue to advise me as it is much appreciated.

[misfit]

Originally Posted by mariova21

i think it will be difficult to be a single mom in egypt with no solid employer to provide you healthcare mainly and other facilities..

Oh dear, I will make sure I cover all areas before I make any major decisions or moves. The last thing I want is to put myself in a worst position, so I have taken what you say into consideration. Thank you.

[bitbytes]

Originally Posted by misfit

Thank you so much for giving me the 2 options to think about. Ideally, I would like to test both the waters one toe at a time to see where my heart is more at peace, Inshallah.
Do you happen to know any contact numbers for these schools in either of these countries?
I definately will take up your offer of help when I decide to visit egypt. I actually have a flight booked for April but thats more of a family fun holiday for 2 weeks in Sharm with a few days in Cairo and I will do Istakhara.
Please continue to advise me as it is much appreciated.

Being a converted muslim will make many things easier. People will definitely embrace and welcome you here. Being a single mom, although frowned upon generally will be more or less perfectly acceptable in your case.

In terms of being colored, the way things are here is that the fairer you are, the more desirable you are. There are plenty of blacks here, some are egyptians some are nubians, some are from other parts of africa.
Egyptians refer to themselves as darkies, many of them would be considered black if they are in the US but they wouldn't actually think that way.

good luck to you and hope you have a great time

[bitbytes]

Originally Posted by living42day

Hi. I was wondering if there are any Black Americans that live in Egypt? Can anyone recommend an area for a single mom of 2 to move too? Also. I'm 2 months pregnant. If I move to Egypt or Jordan and have my baby there, does that make me a citizen? Please Help...

Maadi, 6th of october, new cairo, zamalek would all be nice places to explore.

May I ask, why are you moving to Egypt?I moved here from California about 2 months ago with my family. So far things are going ok, there are lots of inefficiencies compared to california, but it is survivable.

Good luck