Russian woman in Egypt

Egyptians love Russian women. But their reputation in Egypt is not very good. If the woman does not intend to disprove this widespread opinion, her boyfriend would soon forget about his marriage proposals and would simply use her. However, if a woman is of decent behavior, she would be surrounded by great respect after rejecting several candidates, because the number of such Russian women in Egypt is small.

One should not take the prompt marriage proposals light-heartedly. In Hurghada there is a lot of Russian woman who married more than 15-20 years ago and are very happy. There are exceptions, too, but very few of them - infidelity, violence and cruelty in the families. There is a local joke that a foreign wife is cheaper because you don't pay camels for her. It is especially so because only the well-off go abroad.

There is a lot of marriages between Egyptian men and Russian women in Egypt. Marriage is contracted in different ways. When religion is changed (that is, when the woman accepts Islam), it is only a formal procedure, which means next to nothing for a person who is not particularly religious, and the marriage procedure is complete in a few hours. If the religion of the bride is not changed, a lot of documents from Russia and the Russian embassy is required.

Marriage legalized by a Hurghada attorney could lead to anecdotic stories. The marriage attorney draws up a marriage contract in your presence in 2 hours, you pay the fee and get 2 copies of the contract in Arabic. In Russia you can show this contract as a souvenir to your friends. By the contract, all children born within four years belong to him. You have to swear that you have never married before. In Hurghada they call such contracts "one night marriage". It gives a right to an Egyptian and a foreign woman to stay in the same hotel room. The contract is signed by the couple and two men. If you have a female witness, remember: 1 man = 2 women.

If you are serious, then it is possible to live on this contract for a while. Sometimes for years, sometimes for a lifetime. With the passage of time, the marriage would be perceived by the others as legitimate. Hurghada is actually the most European place in Egypt. This is why the things allowed there are frequently forbidden in other places, in Cairo, for example. Remember that a knowledgeable attorney could use this contract both for the woman's and for the man's benefit. The woman could be forbidden to live or enter Egypt without the man's permission, while the man has to provide for her all her life. These are the rules.

Officially marriages should be contracted in Cairo, in the marriage registration office. Then the documents should be translated and certified in the Russian embassy. A marriage registered on the territory of Egypt is not valid in Russia, and vice versa.

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