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asimkh wrote::) interseted topic...

I lived in Dubai and Muscat...

I find that Arab guys having all the fun or may be dating no muslims or
no arabs but i find them more flirty and out going plus i think they are good and rich@

however, if some non arab guy wants to date arab gal, its pretty difficult
because mostly arab gals not prefer to talk to them especially asian guys
but if you are western then they do get in touch with you

and if you go out with arab gal dating or even coffee everyone watches
you especially in middle east but europe or other asian countries i find
arab girls dating sometime non arab guys

but in dubai due to attitude plus religion n cultural difference
you might get in touch online but reality will be different:)

karans wrote:would you care to elaborate?

rookiebot wrote:whaaat!! ... ive been in uae all my life ... if worldguy is true i'd be freakin frankenstein by the time i reach my home country ...

Bora Bora wrote:

rudeboy wrote:ok. when you say arabs do you mean the arab christians or arab muslims?

If it is Arab Muslims.

We follow what our holly book ‘the Quran’ says. The Quran tells us that its forbidden for a muslim man or woman to marry a non-muslim person even if he/she liked him, except if that person converted to Islam. It’s a rule which we have to follow. It is for the benefit of that muslim. coz getting engaged to someone who doesn’t know anything about islam may inject him/her with thoughts or whatever that may harm his/her faith. Let take some examples, could you tell me how could a muslim person live in the same house with a non-muslim person in Ramadan while one is taking his daily meals, the other stands watching him/her with a starving stomach. And while One want to make love, the other can’t simply because he’s fasting.And while One doesn’t drink wine, the other has the fridge full of wine bottles and so on. It’s rediculous, how could they co-exist. One of them must join the other’s believes and this is what islam is warning us about. But if a muslim person didn’t want to follow the quran rule,well, it’s up to him. Allah will have his fair justice upon him.

rules are not meant to be broken. quran and islam are not double standards. in quran and islam men & women are equal.

Well I can speak from personal experience. When I married, my husband was muslim, I a non-practicing Christian. I totally respected his religion and beliefs. I brought many of his religious practices and his culture into my life. Although non-muslim I made it a point to comply and respect his religious practices. Because I did not practice my faith did not mean he should not practice his.

After 4 years of marriage, I made the decision to convert to Islam. I knew I had all the basics that Islam asked of an individual so conversion was not hard for me.

What we do outside of religious practice does not hurt anyone and it is on us. I would rather answer to a higher power for drinking alcohol than having to answer for mistreating other people, or for being greedy, or for getting through life based on lies.

And FYI when I came to the UAE I was never so disappointed in the way Islam was NOT practiced by Muslims - in particular, locals. There is such hipocrasy in the UAE. What sickens me during Ramadan is the way people eat as if it was their last meal, laden their tables with food, and then throw out what remains. During Ramadan I keep it very simple and try to eat at home as much as possible and cook just enough to be eaten. Anything left over is eaten the next nite. We invite people to break fast with us and I keep it just as simple. If they want fancy, then they could go to a restaurant.

When I would fast at work, Saudi and UAE locals would be having their lunch delivered or drinking coffee and they all had the same excuse - I have a bad stomach. In Cairo I see a much more stronger, pure and true practice of the faith than I do here.

Sorry, got carried away here.

Back to romance.

karans wrote:

rookiebot wrote:whaaat!! ... ive been in uae all my life ... if worldguy is true i'd be freakin frankenstein by the time i reach my home country ...

I searched on the internet and found that consultants are raking in my helping Europeans settle down from the effects of UAE. its because they adapted to the things here, which are lot different from things back in their country. This does surprise me, as I thought they would bring their culture and style here, but just brought their frustrations and constant cribbing. This is not how they are in Europe. The sun does take a toll.

worldguy wrote:I see lot of Arab guys with non arab women, but not the other way around. Why is that?

Cultural difference, religion .....

Kissy wrote:actually i had experiences with dating non arab men, but i disliked it. because my interests are differ than them ! i prefer arab men so that we know what connect us such culture, religion and feedback.
non arab as i saw take a relationship in rush !

what a wonderful and healthy to calm down taking relationship slowly in order to control it so i can approach long-term relationship which is healthy relationship.

chocoparis1 wrote:Bora Bora, can you PM me your email address. I am new to the UAE and would like to meet likeminded people. I would like to PM you but being new to the site I am unable as I think you have to post 10 messages beforehand. Thanks.

Arabian.Rose wrote:I am an Emarati female and always been attracted to expats and would like to point out few things
that in UAE it always been easy for an Arab guy to do what so ever because the culture/tradition sees
that nothing humiliates a man, an Emarati female cannot date (we date in secret) and one mistake by us females will humiliate the family name
which is not fair. You will see alot of Arab woman dating American and Europeans in secret but what if they fell in love?
the only way for an Emarati woman to be with the love of her life is running away with him, specially if her family are not open minded
and could get dragged into honour killing...the UAE desert is filled with dead bodies that no one talks about. I have dated a great American guy and had the courage to walk in the mall of the emirates with him, dinner and movies and the way the Emarati guys stared at us was filled with anger and jealousy. I do hope that things could change in UAE and us Emarati females could be with who ever we choose without being judged by society and get executed by the hands of our own parents. And I do hope that every Emirati guy who dates non locals could give there sisters a chance to do the same.

Oh and I always been told that expats are scared to date an Emirati female.. is that true?