An Egypt — Saudi story

 "The Egyptians you see today, you shall see them no more!"

   If you're a christian in Nigeria and you don't know this line, I'm going to have  your christianity checked asap!!

 The "amen" that usually follows can best be described as  thunderous and ear-splitting. Enough to actually send the Egyptians into extinction.

   But  erm *clears throat* , you see the Egyptians I saw today, even my pastor will want to see them again. What I'm trying to say in essence is *clears throat again* , I won't be joining y'all to say amen again to that prayer point, no please, not after the  kind of fine guys I saw today🙈.  You mean this is the level of handsomeness we have been praying against?? Haba no now (o wrong now 😋😂)

And please, don't attempt to convince me that we were manufactured from the same Sand, you'd be wasting your time, "honezzli"🤣 Theirs must have been sharp sand. These guys are sharp! 

I was admiring one that seemed to be the fairest of them all from a distance, I must have taken a quick trip to my other planet of residence , because by the time I got back and raised my head, he was standing right in front of me waiting to be attended to!😲😲 I became  speechless for a split second.

If this isn't magic , I don't know what is 🤷🤷

 

Just incase you think I'm over exaggerating, my colleague admitted to have literally frozen for some seconds at their sight. 

These guys are Crew members of Egypt Air and its usually a connecting flight for some persons coming to Nigeria from Saudi Arabia. I could go on talking about these guys but I noticed something— A good number of passengers on this flight are women (some even as old as Forty) who  willingly go to Saudi Arabia to work as house helps hoping to make enough to start something reasonable here in Nigeria or to be able to support their family at least. Unfortunately, the only thing they return with is zero cash and tales of woes.

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Despite the fact that they are employed by different households, their stories are usually similar. They're usually treated with utmost cruelty, in the most inhumane manner. I've seen quite a number of them break down in tears while recounting their stories(not even to me, to themselves!).

While they won't exactly describe in details what they pass through, from the little I garnered I discovered that they're made to work so hard for so little, yet everything that concerns them is funded from their salary- the bosses make no hesitation in deducting from their salary. Their state of health is usually not anyone's business too; after all the willingly came to work , so work they should! 

I met one person who was extremely happy to come back home regardless of the fact that she had nothing. For her, the prayers and videos had finally paid off , so there was enough to be grateful for. 

One person described it as a dungeon ,another painfully  told the story of how she had to settle an issue which cost her about two hundred and fifty thousand naira when converted to nigerian currency. According to her, she probably wouldn't have traveled if she had such amount readily available. She left Nigeria to hustle for her family but she was coming back empty handed ready to depend on the same family for even the most basic needs till some miracle happens. Some even complained of being starved. Majority of them practically return worse than they left, I honestly do not know if anyone returns with a good story because the usual story is that of woes, pains and sufferings. 

There probably might be a few who profited from the entire experience, probably able to save a little or who knows even a fortune 🤷but it's a fact that a great number of them experience the opposite. I also didn't exactly meet any but the possibility of that cannot be totally ruled out. I actually look forward to meeting someone with a positive story.

I'm certain that there are a whole lot of women still in line waiting to travel despite hearing the stories of others. The singular reason- they want a better life for themselves and their families!

It just shows how terrible the situation of the country is—being willing to go into modern day slavery.We sure still have a long way to go. 

Ehen lest I forget *clears throat for the umpteenth time*🙈😋😜, I'm currently searching for an Egyptian husband as it is. I want to have children who will make people freeze at their sight (not a bad idea sheyyy😜😂). So if you can connect me to my personal Pharaoh😋😋 biko drop a comment. As a matter of fact, you can start calling me Mimi-Pharaoh , I will answer!

Meanwhile we're still #endingpolicebrutality , #reformingNigeria and #endingbadgovernance.

Thank you for reading 😘

Love always

DOYFN 💚

Picture is from Getty images courtesy google