Ok, so my blog's been pink since December 2004.
It's about time i changed it.
I think this look suits the twenty-four year old me - elegant, but cool ;)
Uhm but don't get too excited, pink will be back after a well deserved break (and maybe with a different template if blogger would get on with it ba2a)
Monday, April 30, 2007
Monday, April 16, 2007
Birthday jitters
If you have been hanging out with me lately, you might have noticed how i am getting all psycho about turning 24 in a couple of weeks.
I hate my birthday, it's always a crappy day and i have the worst memories on it! and when i rule the world i will remove the date 29/4 from the calendar.. that's how much i dislike it!
As if i didn't need any more reason to hate my birthday this year i turn 24, TWENTY-FUCKING-FOUR! which makes me old! yes old! no one says a 24 year old kid, or 24 year old girl, it's 24 year old woman! WOMAN!
I remember in a wedding like 10 years ago they asked all the young people to go get their pictures taken. I saw my second cousin and her husband joining us, she must have been 24 or 25 at the time. I looked at her with surprise and told her very innocently "Sherine, they said young people - why are you here?" - i swear i was dead serious, not trying to be a bitch or anything, i like this cousin.
I also remember looking at the mid-twenties crowd and thinking "man their life must be so boring, they are old - they have no fun"
And now nature has taken its course - and i am part of the friggin crowd!!
I still need more FUN! and damn it i don't feel old! i might look old, but i am not! College was a blast, but the fun can't end
..and it won't!
SO! for my birthday i will do something different! I will live a lie, and pretend it's my sweet sixteen that i wasted smoking shisha in a dodgy café being third wheel to my friend and her boy.
So the plan? DREAMPARK! a day at the amusement park where we will laugh and giggle like teenagers, and scream and get wet like kids and hang out and have a good time.It is the year where i will finally get on that Top Spin and enjoy it and maybe i might even try the Rocket... maybe!
Bring on the roller coasters, car races the angry rivers and all that JAZZ!
28th of April 10 am meeting point at Tahrir Square!
BE THERE or BE SQUARE
I hate my birthday, it's always a crappy day and i have the worst memories on it! and when i rule the world i will remove the date 29/4 from the calendar.. that's how much i dislike it!
As if i didn't need any more reason to hate my birthday this year i turn 24, TWENTY-FUCKING-FOUR! which makes me old! yes old! no one says a 24 year old kid, or 24 year old girl, it's 24 year old woman! WOMAN!
I remember in a wedding like 10 years ago they asked all the young people to go get their pictures taken. I saw my second cousin and her husband joining us, she must have been 24 or 25 at the time. I looked at her with surprise and told her very innocently "Sherine, they said young people - why are you here?" - i swear i was dead serious, not trying to be a bitch or anything, i like this cousin.
I also remember looking at the mid-twenties crowd and thinking "man their life must be so boring, they are old - they have no fun"
And now nature has taken its course - and i am part of the friggin crowd!!
I still need more FUN! and damn it i don't feel old! i might look old, but i am not! College was a blast, but the fun can't end
..and it won't!
SO! for my birthday i will do something different! I will live a lie, and pretend it's my sweet sixteen that i wasted smoking shisha in a dodgy café being third wheel to my friend and her boy.
So the plan? DREAMPARK! a day at the amusement park where we will laugh and giggle like teenagers, and scream and get wet like kids and hang out and have a good time.It is the year where i will finally get on that Top Spin and enjoy it and maybe i might even try the Rocket... maybe!
Bring on the roller coasters, car races the angry rivers and all that JAZZ!
28th of April 10 am meeting point at Tahrir Square!
BE THERE or BE SQUARE
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Two Months
This is how long it's been since i have been to Alex. It's the longest time i have ever stayed away. My busy travel schedule followed by the move has made it impossible for me to go.
And the thing is, i am not going to be able to gofor another 2-3 weeks.
That's kinda crap coz i am missing out on so much......
:(
And the thing is, i am not going to be able to gofor another 2-3 weeks.
That's kinda crap coz i am missing out on so much......
:(
Thursday, March 29, 2007
BBC's have your say
For a few days BBC had a "have your say" about the consitutional changes here in Egypt
It's a really interesting read http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?threadID=5913&&edition=2&ttl=20070329134053
The formation of political parties with religious agenda has always been banned, it was inserted here as camouflage, a cover-up for the 2 most threatening ammendments: the first being the so called "anti-terrorism law" which says that if you are a suspect of terrorism then the gov can pretty much do anything to you - this has the exact same functionality of the emergency law - except the emergency law was a temporary thing (even if it lasts a very long time) but an act in the consituion is no longer temporary, it's a fact - and needs another consitutional ammendment to undo.
The second thing that people are not talking about is how the prime minister has been given a lot of importance. We now have two acts in the consitution which state who takes charge if something happens to the president. The old act says it's the head of the parliament or the head of the supreme court, and none of them have a right to run for an election. This act is still there, and there's another act that says that if the perisdent is unable to perform his duties then his VP or the prime minister take his place. And nothing is said about their right to run for presidency. This is a little confusing,,,, and since when can the prime minister fill in for the president?
The BBC thing is interesting because it shows how successfull the government was in covering up the real changes - so many people are focusing on the no religious parties thing, and don't focus or notice the other changes.
I would also like to point out this following comment which deserves an applause:
Till the US and the West keep their eyes closed on the so called democratic set-up in Egypt it will have no impact whatso ever whether rules are amended or not. Hosni Mubarak is going to place his son as his successor and it is all being planned for it. So much for democracy in the ME.
Siraj Ahsan, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
And when was the last time you got to vote for your favorite Emir? BTW its not the USA job to provide Democracy to you or anyone else. Blame game gets real old.
[cynic555], United States
Seriously, Gulfies need to learn to put a sock in it sometimes. Just coz their gov buys off their silence doesn't make them any better.
And i agree with cynic555 - the blame game, enough already....
It's a really interesting read http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?threadID=5913&&edition=2&ttl=20070329134053
The formation of political parties with religious agenda has always been banned, it was inserted here as camouflage, a cover-up for the 2 most threatening ammendments: the first being the so called "anti-terrorism law" which says that if you are a suspect of terrorism then the gov can pretty much do anything to you - this has the exact same functionality of the emergency law - except the emergency law was a temporary thing (even if it lasts a very long time) but an act in the consituion is no longer temporary, it's a fact - and needs another consitutional ammendment to undo.
The second thing that people are not talking about is how the prime minister has been given a lot of importance. We now have two acts in the consitution which state who takes charge if something happens to the president. The old act says it's the head of the parliament or the head of the supreme court, and none of them have a right to run for an election. This act is still there, and there's another act that says that if the perisdent is unable to perform his duties then his VP or the prime minister take his place. And nothing is said about their right to run for presidency. This is a little confusing,,,, and since when can the prime minister fill in for the president?
The BBC thing is interesting because it shows how successfull the government was in covering up the real changes - so many people are focusing on the no religious parties thing, and don't focus or notice the other changes.
I would also like to point out this following comment which deserves an applause:
Till the US and the West keep their eyes closed on the so called democratic set-up in Egypt it will have no impact whatso ever whether rules are amended or not. Hosni Mubarak is going to place his son as his successor and it is all being planned for it. So much for democracy in the ME.
Siraj Ahsan, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
And when was the last time you got to vote for your favorite Emir? BTW its not the USA job to provide Democracy to you or anyone else. Blame game gets real old.
[cynic555], United States
Seriously, Gulfies need to learn to put a sock in it sometimes. Just coz their gov buys off their silence doesn't make them any better.
And i agree with cynic555 - the blame game, enough already....
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Moving...
Ok you must have heard, i am finally moving to a new place! The last few days have been super productive, getting all the furniture, the appliances doing all the cleaning and moving stuff from house to house.
And the result? I feel like a truck ran over me, repeatedly - and i am still not done...
I am being a good sport and looking forward to having an elevator, a fully functioning washing machine, a fridge that doesn't need constant defrosting, a tub, and a comfortable couch..finally...
It will be some time till casa de luli is fully functioning, but the essentials are there:
E! Entertainment and Internet (well..almost)
I have also managed to postpone my travels for a couple of weeks so i am actually in the country for two weeks in a row! YAY :)
It's been a good week ... i got to fly business class for the first time (Alitalia business class does not count) and i think i will start buying lottery tickets from now on so i can do this more often
Now all i need to do is get rid of the pink finger i got while voting in the referrendum.
It is a sophisticated system where the government makes sure you don't vote twice by having you dip your finger in some ink after you cast your ballot.... yes very sophisiticated....
And the result? I feel like a truck ran over me, repeatedly - and i am still not done...
I am being a good sport and looking forward to having an elevator, a fully functioning washing machine, a fridge that doesn't need constant defrosting, a tub, and a comfortable couch..finally...
It will be some time till casa de luli is fully functioning, but the essentials are there:
E! Entertainment and Internet (well..almost)
I have also managed to postpone my travels for a couple of weeks so i am actually in the country for two weeks in a row! YAY :)
It's been a good week ... i got to fly business class for the first time (Alitalia business class does not count) and i think i will start buying lottery tickets from now on so i can do this more often
Now all i need to do is get rid of the pink finger i got while voting in the referrendum.
It is a sophisticated system where the government makes sure you don't vote twice by having you dip your finger in some ink after you cast your ballot.... yes very sophisiticated....
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Some thoughts
inspired by recent news about terrorism
The human body is a magnificent organism, it takes in its energy from the surroundings, uses it and throws away all the harmful things - by, for the lack of more eloquent wording, shitting for example. The shit is a necessary evil, but it is controlled, cleaned and managed effectively.
When the organism faces some challenges with fullfilling its regular processes and systems, the result is excessive discharge. The human-being cleans it, and tried to fix it using a number of preventative and theraputic measures.
If we think of the Muslim population as an organism similar to the human body - it too has its discharges. One of which being terrorism and violence. Both of which are natural and found all the time, but the organisim deals with them and cleans them out. They are after all a necessary evil. The organism itsself is not evil.
And now this organism is failing to fullfill its regular processes and work effectively and has been having exessive discharge for a while now.
The organism has failed to show any capacity of cleaning its own shit, and therefore others start intervening to clean it, since its starting to make their world stink too.
On top of that the organism is neither capable of taking the necessary actions to fix its processes and systems to stop this excessive discharge nor does it seem to take any preventative measures to stop this from happening in the future.
So like a child the organism has to rely on others to do these things until it can stand on its own two feet. Others will only provide the temporary solution - they will only clean out the excess, but its the organism itsself that will rise to the challenge and end the problem once and for all.
So what i am trying to say is - we created them, they are our product so it's our job to annihilate them once and for all. All efforts by others are just drops of water on thick bricks of stone.
The human body is a magnificent organism, it takes in its energy from the surroundings, uses it and throws away all the harmful things - by, for the lack of more eloquent wording, shitting for example. The shit is a necessary evil, but it is controlled, cleaned and managed effectively.
When the organism faces some challenges with fullfilling its regular processes and systems, the result is excessive discharge. The human-being cleans it, and tried to fix it using a number of preventative and theraputic measures.
If we think of the Muslim population as an organism similar to the human body - it too has its discharges. One of which being terrorism and violence. Both of which are natural and found all the time, but the organisim deals with them and cleans them out. They are after all a necessary evil. The organism itsself is not evil.
And now this organism is failing to fullfill its regular processes and work effectively and has been having exessive discharge for a while now.
The organism has failed to show any capacity of cleaning its own shit, and therefore others start intervening to clean it, since its starting to make their world stink too.
On top of that the organism is neither capable of taking the necessary actions to fix its processes and systems to stop this excessive discharge nor does it seem to take any preventative measures to stop this from happening in the future.
So like a child the organism has to rely on others to do these things until it can stand on its own two feet. Others will only provide the temporary solution - they will only clean out the excess, but its the organism itsself that will rise to the challenge and end the problem once and for all.
So what i am trying to say is - we created them, they are our product so it's our job to annihilate them once and for all. All efforts by others are just drops of water on thick bricks of stone.
Monday, March 12, 2007
Is this true you guys?! LOL
| Your Personality Is Like Marijuana |
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Sunday, March 11, 2007
Dream, Dream,,, Dreamy!
On my way back to my hotel from a night out in stockholm, i was on the underground when i turned to see something that put a big dreamy smile on my face..
Yes, it's a live size poster of Dr. McDreamy! And it's ALL over the Stockholm subway...
Sweden has one of the highest female representation in parliament and cabinets in the EU (according to BBC) - which sure helps making this country very very female friendly.
And what better way to please the masses of women than a poster of Derek McDreamy smiling at you as if you were the center of his world.
Now if the Cairo Subway had the same thing i will oh-so-happily squash myself in that sinky sardine tube :)
Sunday, March 04, 2007
Bye-Bye for now!
Niso is travelling to the US for 2 months and leaving me with an empty empty house. She will also not be here to help me through the tough time ahead,,, my 24th birthday (old old old)
She has almost left so many times but i feel this time it's for real!
We will meet again...
15th of May Nisrin! 15th of May
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Blogging live from East Africa!
It is a beautiful morning here in Addis and the weather is fantastic!
Ethiopia from what i have seen is B E A U T I F U L!
Though i am having quite a pampered and breif experience here i can still sense the cool vibe from the city! Ethiopians are nice, friendly and the women all look very very good!
Business travel sucks in a way that you do not get to experience the country or life - you are busy and in a hurry. But it's a good way to test a place. And this is one place i am returning to.
I will definetly plan a holiday here once and explore this inriguing country.
This is my first non-arab african country - so it's purely african, and i am liking it. Addis bears a small respeblence to cairo - much quieter, smaller and less urbanised of course. But strangely enough Cairo resembles Addis more than it does to Tripoli, Algiers, Tunis or Khartoum! Cairo and Algiers, tunisia and tripoli are nothing similar to cairo - they look different, feel different and sound completely different.
Maybe we are more african than we think...
Anywayz - this trip has renewed my interest in this continent and i think after my next planned trips to Turkey 07, New York 08 and our one and only neighbouring non-arab country 09 i will definetly have my REAL East African experience.
Ethiopia from what i have seen is B E A U T I F U L!
Though i am having quite a pampered and breif experience here i can still sense the cool vibe from the city! Ethiopians are nice, friendly and the women all look very very good!
Business travel sucks in a way that you do not get to experience the country or life - you are busy and in a hurry. But it's a good way to test a place. And this is one place i am returning to.
I will definetly plan a holiday here once and explore this inriguing country.
This is my first non-arab african country - so it's purely african, and i am liking it. Addis bears a small respeblence to cairo - much quieter, smaller and less urbanised of course. But strangely enough Cairo resembles Addis more than it does to Tripoli, Algiers, Tunis or Khartoum! Cairo and Algiers, tunisia and tripoli are nothing similar to cairo - they look different, feel different and sound completely different.
Maybe we are more african than we think...
Anywayz - this trip has renewed my interest in this continent and i think after my next planned trips to Turkey 07, New York 08 and our one and only neighbouring non-arab country 09 i will definetly have my REAL East African experience.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
an interesting flight
So on my flight back from Algeria to Egypt i found some sports team on my flight who looked like they just came out of an addidas ad.
So i asked one of them:
me: so what team are you?
him:zamalek
me: so you play football
him:yes
me: really? which team?
him: we are the main team
me: you mean the one we see on TV
him: yes
me: oh - so did you win?
him: yes
me: good for you
I am sure the guy thought i was from mars since i didn't recognize any of them.
The pilot decided to start take off a little earlier than he should have and had to stop in the middle and the plane swirled from side to side giving us all a scare - thankfully everything went ok after that.. it's good Egypt Air didn't crash the plane with the whole zamalek team on them - otherwise they would have been in quite a pickle!
So i asked one of them:
me: so what team are you?
him:zamalek
me: so you play football
him:yes
me: really? which team?
him: we are the main team
me: you mean the one we see on TV
him: yes
me: oh - so did you win?
him: yes
me: good for you
I am sure the guy thought i was from mars since i didn't recognize any of them.
The pilot decided to start take off a little earlier than he should have and had to stop in the middle and the plane swirled from side to side giving us all a scare - thankfully everything went ok after that.. it's good Egypt Air didn't crash the plane with the whole zamalek team on them - otherwise they would have been in quite a pickle!
Monday, February 26, 2007
How Haraam is the Pig?
So i was reading this blog post - and it reminded me of a curious question i had.
In my ever growing addicion of Gray's Anatomy i came across an episode where an orthodox jewish girl was supposed to have heart surgery and replace something called a valve. The spare part would come from a pig.
Now the girl - being quite religious - rejected to put a non-kosher thing in her body.
So i am curious - does that mean that here in egypt and in the muslim countries they do not perform this operation?
Any doctor out there?
In my ever growing addicion of Gray's Anatomy i came across an episode where an orthodox jewish girl was supposed to have heart surgery and replace something called a valve. The spare part would come from a pig.
Now the girl - being quite religious - rejected to put a non-kosher thing in her body.
So i am curious - does that mean that here in egypt and in the muslim countries they do not perform this operation?
Any doctor out there?
Sunday, February 25, 2007
a much needed reality check
So my boss gave me this book called "Taxi" by Ahmed Al-Khamisi, which is an arabic book about the experiences that the author had with Taxi dirvers in Cairo.
We all share a common dislike for Cairo Taxi drivers since they a) ask for a lot of money b) never stop for you c) feel free to pleasure themselves while looking at you in the mirror d) do i really need a d?!
This book shows a side of the poverty stricken population of Egypt that it leaves you confused.
You cannot excuse their bad behaviours (nothing is an excuse for sexual harrassment) but you get to see the other side of the coin.
I think the book is a marvelous read - good realitiy check, good time to think about how lucky you are and what you want your role in society to be; it's also funny and interesting, gives you a great insight on the egyptian citizen and what goes through his/her mind.
I wish there was a translated version for all international readers, i would translate it myself if it weren't illegal.
If you can read arabic, i advise you to check it out...
We all share a common dislike for Cairo Taxi drivers since they a) ask for a lot of money b) never stop for you c) feel free to pleasure themselves while looking at you in the mirror d) do i really need a d?!
This book shows a side of the poverty stricken population of Egypt that it leaves you confused.
You cannot excuse their bad behaviours (nothing is an excuse for sexual harrassment) but you get to see the other side of the coin.
I think the book is a marvelous read - good realitiy check, good time to think about how lucky you are and what you want your role in society to be; it's also funny and interesting, gives you a great insight on the egyptian citizen and what goes through his/her mind.
I wish there was a translated version for all international readers, i would translate it myself if it weren't illegal.
If you can read arabic, i advise you to check it out...
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Cairo-Algiers-Addis Ababa-Cairo-Rabat-Casablanca-Stockholm-Gothenburg-Frankfurt-Cairo
This is my life for the next 3 weeks
I am all packed up and ready to go - i miss Egypt already and i haven't even left.
Exciting thing?! Meeting some nomads, thea the malteser in Algeria, Suzanne and reda in Morocco, and maybe jingwei in Stockholm (if she replies to my comment on her blog)
From chokingly hot, to beautiful and breezy, to down-right-ass freezing here i go
I am all packed up and ready to go - i miss Egypt already and i haven't even left.
Exciting thing?! Meeting some nomads, thea the malteser in Algeria, Suzanne and reda in Morocco, and maybe jingwei in Stockholm (if she replies to my comment on her blog)
From chokingly hot, to beautiful and breezy, to down-right-ass freezing here i go
Sunday, February 18, 2007
what a week
What a fabulous week!
Jen was here since tuesday and since then it has been non-stop fun. From khan-el-khalili, to Odeon, to Horreya, to Maadi, to Carrefour of death, to chillin at tom's and andrew's to my very apparent road rage it was a hell of a week!
It was great catchin up with Jencp - she's one hell of a girl! next time - New York New York!
Jen was here since tuesday and since then it has been non-stop fun. From khan-el-khalili, to Odeon, to Horreya, to Maadi, to Carrefour of death, to chillin at tom's and andrew's to my very apparent road rage it was a hell of a week!
It was great catchin up with Jencp - she's one hell of a girl! next time - New York New York!
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
V for Vendetta?
oh no, it's valentine's day! Hooray! (insert sarcasm here)
I will spare everyone the typical rant about the commercialism of this day and what it stands for since it will only highlight my growing frustration from being single for the last 24th years!
I started my day by my newly acquired bed-mate's alarm and doing breathing exercises to hold it in till the bathroom's empty!
Then i hovered around the house and inspected how badly my cleaning lady cleans, joined Facebook - and got my new water heater installed.
Sadly the new one is not bigger than the old one, so our hopes of showering straight after each other has been desroyed.
I guess we could keep showering together then... haha
Kait's here
I will spare everyone the typical rant about the commercialism of this day and what it stands for since it will only highlight my growing frustration from being single for the last 24th years!
I started my day by my newly acquired bed-mate's alarm and doing breathing exercises to hold it in till the bathroom's empty!
Then i hovered around the house and inspected how badly my cleaning lady cleans, joined Facebook - and got my new water heater installed.
Sadly the new one is not bigger than the old one, so our hopes of showering straight after each other has been desroyed.
I guess we could keep showering together then... haha
Kait's here
Sunday, February 11, 2007
The weather is great!
The weather in Cairo was G R E A T today - it was so good it had a positive effect on my mood.
I escaped the office for a long lunch/trip to the bank and got a chance to enjoy the sun for a good 30 minutes!
If this weather stays the same, then Wedensday i will spend my day on the balcony with some lemonade...............and of course my laptop :)
I escaped the office for a long lunch/trip to the bank and got a chance to enjoy the sun for a good 30 minutes!
If this weather stays the same, then Wedensday i will spend my day on the balcony with some lemonade...............and of course my laptop :)
Sunday, February 04, 2007
I can Skate!!!!!
After much hesitation I decided to bring it on and try skating for the first time ever!
I was a little worried since I am a little too old and too unfit (now that’s a euphemism) to be doing that, but being kick-ass in rollerblades encouraged me to try!
It was A W E S O M E! Unlike all those little kids around me I did not fall once – mind you I was a tad less adventurous than they were.
I picked up fast and within 20 minutes I was skating around the ring with little problems. It’s exactly like rollerblading except a whole lot more slippery. It was not hard at all, which was a surprise. I thought I would make a complete fool of myself, but I recon in one week I could be pretty sleek and smooth.
If it weren’t for every single muscle in my leg and foot cramping I would have had a much more difficult time letting them go. Maybe the size was too small?!
It was a true Borås, Sweden experience! Except for the skating shoes which were made in china – haha.
I was a little worried since I am a little too old and too unfit (now that’s a euphemism) to be doing that, but being kick-ass in rollerblades encouraged me to try!
It was A W E S O M E! Unlike all those little kids around me I did not fall once – mind you I was a tad less adventurous than they were.
I picked up fast and within 20 minutes I was skating around the ring with little problems. It’s exactly like rollerblading except a whole lot more slippery. It was not hard at all, which was a surprise. I thought I would make a complete fool of myself, but I recon in one week I could be pretty sleek and smooth.
If it weren’t for every single muscle in my leg and foot cramping I would have had a much more difficult time letting them go. Maybe the size was too small?!
It was a true Borås, Sweden experience! Except for the skating shoes which were made in china – haha.Wednesday, January 31, 2007
there's a whole lot of grey in the world...
.. so why does it bother people so much to be in the grey..
Some kick-ass girl is apparently involved with a non-Muslim guy and wants to marry him, but is afraid to tell her parents.
Typical story,,,happens a lot here.
Now marrying a non-Muslim to me doesn't seem like a bad idea, the less Muslim you are the less prone you are to growing a beard and wearing galabeya trois quarts. No matter what kind of Muslim you are, someone can come in and meddle in your brain and convince you that this superficial expression of personal beliefs is actually what Islam is all about. Now if you are not a Muslim then you have natural anti-bodies towards that disease-ridden way of thinking.
So YAY!
Marrying a non-Muslim guarantees also that your kids will accept and embrace both religions since they belong to both, this makes them less appealing to the ever growing anti-non-Muslims predators. So you might actually have a pretty decent kid!
Marrying a non-Muslim double's your feasts and presents! Which means on top of the Muslim eids (2), new year, prophet birthday you get Christmas, Easter, and new year or you get Hanukah (which apparently is only big on TV and not in real life) rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, etc.
Now say you are involved with a non-Egyptian or Arab then his family probably doesn’t give a rats ass what his ID says – hell his ID probably doesn’t say his religious affiliation. And even if they do care, they would be disappointed but won’t disown him (only our Egyptian parents think disowning is a logical course of action, bless their pretty little brains)
Now said individual can just convert on paper and you can avoid all the social scrutiny. And come judgment day you can make your case to god and see what happens.
If said individual is in fact Egyptian, then you move aboard – tell his parents that the girl has converted, tell her parents that the boy converted – and avoid putting both parents in the same room discussing this. Or you can just wait till you’re forty by then your parents will be happy you not marrying an ape – anyone would do!
But to be honest in that case – you are basically screwed – you gotta make a choice or move on.
The solution is all grey! Nothing is black and nothing is white – just a whole lotta grey, and it’s ok – grey’s in fashion this year – check Instyle magazine (it's in my bathroom library)
Some kick-ass girl is apparently involved with a non-Muslim guy and wants to marry him, but is afraid to tell her parents.
Typical story,,,happens a lot here.
Now marrying a non-Muslim to me doesn't seem like a bad idea, the less Muslim you are the less prone you are to growing a beard and wearing galabeya trois quarts. No matter what kind of Muslim you are, someone can come in and meddle in your brain and convince you that this superficial expression of personal beliefs is actually what Islam is all about. Now if you are not a Muslim then you have natural anti-bodies towards that disease-ridden way of thinking.
So YAY!
Marrying a non-Muslim guarantees also that your kids will accept and embrace both religions since they belong to both, this makes them less appealing to the ever growing anti-non-Muslims predators. So you might actually have a pretty decent kid!
Marrying a non-Muslim double's your feasts and presents! Which means on top of the Muslim eids (2), new year, prophet birthday you get Christmas, Easter, and new year or you get Hanukah (which apparently is only big on TV and not in real life) rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, etc.
Now say you are involved with a non-Egyptian or Arab then his family probably doesn’t give a rats ass what his ID says – hell his ID probably doesn’t say his religious affiliation. And even if they do care, they would be disappointed but won’t disown him (only our Egyptian parents think disowning is a logical course of action, bless their pretty little brains)
Now said individual can just convert on paper and you can avoid all the social scrutiny. And come judgment day you can make your case to god and see what happens.
If said individual is in fact Egyptian, then you move aboard – tell his parents that the girl has converted, tell her parents that the boy converted – and avoid putting both parents in the same room discussing this. Or you can just wait till you’re forty by then your parents will be happy you not marrying an ape – anyone would do!
But to be honest in that case – you are basically screwed – you gotta make a choice or move on.
The solution is all grey! Nothing is black and nothing is white – just a whole lotta grey, and it’s ok – grey’s in fashion this year – check Instyle magazine (it's in my bathroom library)
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