Considering Cairo

Hey mr ..first welcome in egypt any time our doors are open for u ..egypt is better now and every thing is ok and undercontrol
about the distance between zamalk and giza maybe its not long but the problem will be in traffic ..wanna to meet you soon in egypt i am tour guide and i think we can talk a lot

Hello,everything  is stable now in Cairo, not like before.u don't have to worry.
If u will live in giza, near pyramids,u will not get a good first impression about Cairo and Egypt, it's very dirty and nosy  in giza, people r also not so nice there,to say the truth.
To live in zamalek, it's the best option for u,bcs it's like an international place,there r all kind of shops,restaurants,everything.
U should definetely  bring your wife,if for example u will go to visit her or she will come to visit u,u will spend way more money than just living together here.
She can find a job as a teacher in some school or language institute with good salary

Thanks for the advice Anastasia.

I know it would be expensive for my wife (who, like you, is Russian) and I to live apart and visit each other regularly, but we think this would be financially viable.  She actually works in the hospitality industry, specifically at management level in the coffee industry, so she wouldn't really be interested in teaching jobs.

If she is from Russia, I can give u the link to the Russian  community in Cairo, and she can ask what jobs she can find,everybody will help or give some advice:) do u need?

A link to the Russian community in Cairo wouldn't hurt; thank you, Anastasia.  I'm obviously not Russian myself, but access to additional information that I can pass to my wife wouldn't hurt.

Do you mind if I ask if you're Orthodox?  Do you know what the situation is like for Orthodox churches (Russian/Greek, not Coptic)?  I know about St George's Church for 'our' Patriarch of Alexandria, but are there other Orthodox churches?

i'm orthodox, and there r churches here, even a Russian church, i sent u the link in private messages

I think you'll be way better off in Maadi then anywhere else (Corniche, Sarayat/Sakanat, or Degla).  That's it! FORGET any other parts of Maadi. And zamalik may work if you don't mind dealing with gut-wrenching traffic,  24/7 gridlock and overcrowding.

Living in maadi comes in handy even more so that you speak no Arabic,  because a good majority of everyone there speaks or understands the most basic conversational English.  (Please note that does not mean that what comes out of their mouth isn't pure B.S. ) ......That's another story all together

Thanks for the advice.

I'm not completely without any Arabic; I lived in Dubai for a couple of years, and worked in the UAE, Qatar, and Oman in that period.  I can read Arabic writing, can count to ten, and can mangle some basic stock phrases in Modern Standard Arabic - but I recognise that's a long, long way from being able to communicate in Egypt; almost everyone I dealt with in the Gulf spoke English.  I plan on taking Arabic lessons if I do accept the job offer, just to make daily life a little easier.

All that said, you've prompted me to look a little more closely at Maadi (I'd previously been focusing more on Zamalek), and it does look like it would be a slightly easier morning commute.

hey mr, hey madam

my name is sudhir, if you are considering cairo, kindly reconsider it. because except pyramids and mummies, this country has shit to offer.

i wrote 'hey mr, hey madam', no money..these are the clumsy and irritating words you will often hear from the airport till you return.

this is the oldest civilisation of the world, but i am afraid, one of the worst tourist friendly countries.

rest is upto you.

thanks