For double nationals, like Egyptian American...?

Question

How do you look at yourself?
- Egyptian with the privilege of a second passport that could make things easy in some situations.
- Egyptian with a backup plan.
- Half Egyptian and half the other nationality.

@Ruby
this question was inspired by you
I know you are 150% Egyptian and I respect you for that.

@farah
You are most welcome to give us waslit rad7 any time you wish. I prefer Egyptian "Ladies" that way :-)

@hasafer
Egmad ya ragel, dah el geish lellregala

@Ranoush
kalabty elso2al 7'alleteh waslit rad7 masria. Thank you, I appriciate it :):)

Answer 1

first and 2nd choice :)

I won't go with the 3rd cuz although I was born in USA and carry the American Passport, my parents are 100% Egyptians, so I cannot be half Egyptian half American. I'm 100% Egyptian born in USA hehe

Salah: Thank u daddy :) where have u been. I meant to email u to see why uve disappeared. good to have u back :)


Ranoush- :)) hatifda7iny lol


Farah- lool r u tryin to tell us ennik bti3rafi tirda7i? yeah right!

Answer 2

I look at it differently.

I am 100% Muslim first and foremost, no matter which land I belong to.

I love my home Egypt and I love my other home country too and will be loyal to both.

It will be different from one place to another, probably if I was Egy-American or British, I would feel differently (dont know really). But the country I currently carry its citizenship offered me more than just a passport, and this was not only my feeling but many other immigrants.

To be honest, it depends on your intentions when you moved, it is also a personality thing, I get attached to places (country, work, home,...etc)

I can only judge when I face difficult situations which Alhamdulellah not yet faced.



Edit:

@Adam: :):) I read your answer after I wrote mine. I didn't copy the "100% Muslim" part. I am happy that we are on the same line brother.


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Answer 3

Rana, I'm going to kill you! I absolutely refuse to be referred to as khawagaya! I am 100% Egyptian and VERY PROUD OF IT! Walla lazim ya3ni a3mil lik waslit rad7 like the ones you and noha have so that you would believe I'm Egyptian?!! hehehe

I am 100% Egyptian, but my hubby is half Egyptian, half Hungarian. He sees his Hungarian passport as merely a way to make it easier with visas and stuff like that. Even my late mother in law, God rest her soul, was 100% Egyptian at heart. However, for some reason I am not exactly crazy about the idea of my daughter having a Hungarian passport. I know I'm unreasonable and stubborn, but it is probably my upper Egyptian and Turkish genes! hehehe I would prefer if she had only an Egyptian passport.

Edit:
@ Ruby, la ya 7abibty ana mish ba3raf arda7 like you! hehehe I meant to say that it is not necessary to do that to be Egyptian!

Winti ya sit Rana, ah Turkish ba2a, 3andink mani3?!! My dad's family roots are from there. Leeky 7aga 3andy walla eh? Ana hafrish lik ilmilaya dilwa2t wa7'bat farditeen ilshibshib fi ba3d if that will make you happy! hehehe Like Shwikar in My fair lady! hehehe

Answer 4

i have another nationality, i was born outside Egypt but i m an Egyptian to the bones, it makes traveling easier in visas and stuff like that, nothing more..as for back-up plan, yes, why not!? but only if it's imposible to live here anymore which is not the case and i hope it never will be..

Answer 5

I came from a Persian Mother and Egyptian father, I recognize myself as Egyptian...

Answer 6

Although Im not 'Egyptian' my wife was born and raised in Cairo. We look at ourselves as 100% muslim first and foremost. She just happens to have been born in an area of land referred to as Egypt, and I was born across the world in an area of land now referred to as the United States. When muslims greet each other, the greeting doesnt change based on where we are from, what color we are, or anything else. Allah(swt) created the whole world...and created man from different tribes so that they might come to know each other....Borders are drawn and re-drawn...empires rise and fall......but HIS(swt) kingdom is eternal....Islam IS the answer.

Answer 7

ok , Ya 3am masr om edonia , laken sebony a7'rog men el geesh .............

bas dol a3'beya awee , w bawazo kol 7aga f elbalad

Answer 8

believe me ruby is 300% egyptian... i mean it...she knows stuff and words maybe i don't know it even i lived in egypt all my life..heheheh
the real 7'awagaya is Farah..lol
she'll come to beat me now :p

@Farah..enty gety..looolz..hehehe...
we kaman turkish??? :p

@lawrence....we all know you are egyptian my brother.... :D

@ruby..yeah..who's she kidding? lol :p

@salah...e7m..yady el e7rag..y3ny amshy wla eh? :p

Answer 9

i have an australian nationality but i currently live in egypt both my parents are egyptain but i would NEVER live here if i could help it i mean why for wt reason