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Originally Posted by VikingMan
I traveled through the middle east and north Africa before 9/11 happened. What shocked me was that there were no women out in public. It was all men for the most part and often the men were holding hands with their male friends. I guess it is just part of the culture. In Cairo I would see some women out in public. At restaurants the wife would have to lift up her veil to take every bite of food.
I will say that I never felt in danger or intimidated in the least. In fact everyone was very respectful and giving. People I met wanted to talk to me about current events, history, etc.
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After living in North Africa and the Levant for 15 years, marrying a Muslim girl and coverting for the marriage I can tell you its only a Jew or a Christian who I can count on to trash a religion (Islam) or a culture. Arabs and Muslims NEVER trashed the cultures outside their own. What a lot of chicken heads on this board refuse to accept is the fact the moderate, normal, majority of Islam has nothing to do with IS.