Problems of marriage to a non Egyptian

Nahid Essa,
Talking about marrying from different Natioality is still a big problem for
the wife, and later children. For example, during your kids school / university
years they will be treated as forigners, and they will pay higher fees, and taxes. Even after graduation, they will be considered same, and the vacancy for them is limited since companies are obliged to hire only 3 foringers at the same time.

Other issues are related to "God Forbids" if there is a divorce case, and that mother won't be able to get her children, and the father has free hands to get them out any time. Also, inheretence, and others. So, in order not to make my message too long, this is enought, if you need more info, i can e-mail you in your private e-mail. Bye

Regards,
Mohamed Hamada

dear Nahed essa,
-regarding ur note about"what prob. egyptian girl will face if married to non egyptian",u might not face any at all, but what u should keep in mind is that, why should I marry someone else if I do have the choice to marry the best ever, Egyptian men are far too good, not all of them of course,but most of them, trust me, if he loved u he won`t ever let u down, he won`t cheat on u,he would sacrifice his life for u without asking him to do, he would respect u as no other man would,u wouldn`t know untill u try, Nahed, Egyptians r the best, both Genders,take my word on that...take care.....
urs..sherif

**Comment From The Moderators**
The world would be a much better and happier place if things were as simple and as romantic as you make them seem Sherif :) just as negative generalizations are dangerous, so are overly positive ones, there is the good and the bad and even the UGLY in everything and everyone: no one perosn or nation or race is all good or all bad, objective evaltuation is very important in each individual case. And anyway, we think Nada's email was referring to the LEGAL problems connected to children's nationalities, taxes, travel papres and so on. Thank yuo for your contribution.

That is the main problem facing any Egyptian woman who marries a
non-Egyptian man. I mean the children not being Egyptians. While
this may not be a problem when things are well, it is a nightmare
when
things go wrong and the woman is stuck with the children without a
father in cases of death or divorce. I mean stuck if she can not
support them or get them into college, etc. We all know these things
after reading all of these messages. But, isn't time to resolve this
problem? Why don't we have campaigns to make laws allowing the
children to have dual citizenship? Why are we as a country continue
to be anti-Egyptian women? These laws are not Quran. They can and
should be changed. How is giving these poor kids citizenship going
to create a burden on us? What's the difference between a man
marrying a foreign wife and a woman doing it?
Dr. Ashraf Alsabbagh

Hi Sherif & Nahed:

Actually Nahed there are some problems marring from non -Egyptians the i.e. LEGAL problems connected to children's nationalities, schools, I.D., taxes, travel papers (as Commented From The Moderators) but I think that once you make this decision of marring a foreigner you can maintain all your rights as
traveling, children custody, divorce rights, and so on in the new marriage certificate. It is always better to consult a lawyer or sheik to know your
rights before going into the risky zone. And he better deserve all this!

For Sherif, I feel you are so antistatic about Egyptian men!! That is a nice spirit but in the end it is a sort of chemical reaction that attracts any two
together then comes the understanding and caring either they are from the same culture or not. You can't find a perfect man even Egyptians are not mostly loyal, I have thousands to stories I can tell you. But fair enough; rights should be preserved to both men and women. Egyptian men do marry Americans,
German, British and the new fashion is Russian "believe me they do marry them", so no hard feelings. Take care, Good Luck to both
Maie