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[Amirah]

I've been to India a few years back doing social research. Do you ever think about going back to India to live?

[Nostromo]

quote:Originally posted by Amirah

I've been to India a few years back doing social research. Do you ever think about going back to India to live?

Yes, I do. It is a bit complicated though. I split up with my foster family under traumatic circumstances a very long time ago and so have no relatives of my own in India. My wife's sister and her family live in Bangalore and we're quite close, we being our niece's godparents. But despite almost 20 years in the UK, I miss the life in India and we plan to retire there eventually....that will be a LONG time in the future!

[Amirah]

We were thinking about returning to Egypt to live after we retired too...but we have to see how the world is at that point and also we have to see our daughter into her adulthood. We have about another 12 years to go. I hope all is well in the future, if not, we will stay here in the USA. It's really cool that you feel like going back. We have friends who never want to go back to live in their native countries because it was not easy to leave it in the first place.

[Nostromo]

quote:Originally posted by Amirah

We were thinking about returning to Egypt to live after we retired too... It's really cool that you feel like going back. We have friends who never want to go back to live in their native countries because it was not easy to leave it in the first place.

Egypt? Ah, I wondered about your name! 'Amirah' sounds very nice. Just out of curiosity, is it a Coptic Christian name?

As to people who don't want to go back to their native countries, I suppose it depends on the circumstances under which they left it in the first place. In my case, it was entirely for personal reasons; I would have remained back in India if the situation had been different.

[Amirah]

My name is Arabic. I have Arab, Egyptian and English roots. I am a Christian...brought up in the Catholic church. Most people think I am Muslim because of my name and where I was born/raised(Cairo). Egypt is made up of half Christians and half Muslims little do people know. Thanks for the compliment!