Egyptian dating app for Egyptian singles in the US
Every Arab you meet already understands your dialect, because they grew up on Egyptian movies. Finding an Egyptian who gets the rest of it is harder. HeyArab is an Egyptian dating app for people who know what a Friday at your aunt's place sounds like.
Egyptian singles from Jersey City to LA
Egyptian Americans are spread out, but a few places feel like home. Jersey City and Bayonne in New Jersey, Bay Ridge and Staten Island in New York, Steinway Street in Astoria, and a big community around Los Angeles. Some families came in the 1960s and 70s. A lot of people came on a scholarship or a work visa and stayed.
Egyptian families here are Muslim or Coptic Christian, and some are Catholic or Protestant. You can show your religion on your HeyArab profile, and Coptic Orthodox is one of the church options. Add more detail in your bio, or say nothing. Filters are soft by default, so people outside them still show up, just further down.
The dialect everyone knows
Egyptian Arabic is the one every Arab understands, thanks to decades of films, plays and Amr Diab. It is also the one people love to imitate badly. Your voice intro settles it in 30 seconds, whether you sound like Cairo, Alexandria or Upper Egypt.
Prompts give you something to argue about from the first message. "Fairuz mornings or Umm Kulthum nights?" is an easy one for an Egyptian. So is "Knafeh, mansaf, or molokhia. Pick one and defend it."
Egyptian dating and the shabka question
Everyone has heard about the shabka and the apartment, and plenty of parents still bring them up before anyone has had a second date. Your aunt may already have a list of engineers.
HeyArab doesn't decide any of that for you. You pick what you're after, marriage or something long term or just friends, and say how much your family is part of it, so the first chat doesn't have to be about gold.
Koshary, Ramadan and the Sahel
Most Egyptians here grew up with ful and taameya on weekend mornings, and everyone has a koshary place they swear is the only real one in the city. Ramadan means a fanous in the window and the TV series everyone is watching. If your family made it back in summer, it meant the North Coast.
Put that in your profile and someone will reply. "The show or film I grew up on" is a good one, because the answers start at Adel Imam and somehow end up at Bakkar.
Also on HeyArab: Lebanese singles in the US.
Questions
- Is HeyArab for Muslims or Christians?
- Both, and anyone else who joins in good faith. You can show your religion on your profile or leave it off, and filter by religion if it matters to you.
- Is Coptic Orthodox one of the options?
- Yes. Pick Christian as your religion and Coptic Orthodox as your church. Catholic and Protestant are on the list too.
- Can I keep my parents out of it for now?
- Yes. Set family involvement to private until it's serious, and people know before they match that you're not ready for the family visit yet.
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