Cairo - Post Report Question and Answers

Was this post your first expatriate experience? If not, what other cities have you lived in as an expat?

First diplomatic tour but lived in Amman, Jordan previously as a student. - Mar 2023


2 prior overseas postings, one in EUR and one elsewhere in NEA - Aug 2022


No. I have served overseas for the State Department in three prior tours, plus lived abroad before the Foreign Service. - Aug 2022


No, previously lived in the Middle East and Africa. - Mar 2022


Yes, first time living overseas. - Dec 2021


No, this is our fourth post. We've also lived in Niger, Kyrgyzstan, and Germany. - Feb 2021


Yes, Cairo was my first expatriate experience, so I don't have any points of comparison. - Nov 2020


Cairo was my first expat experience. - Jan 2020


No. I've lived in Brazil and Morocco (as a student) and in Mexico and Qatar as a professional. - Jun 2018


No, I have also lived in New Delhi and the Pacific Islands. - Jan 2018


No, I previously did tours in the Caribbean and Europe. - Sep 2017


I have previously lived in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. - May 2017


Yes, this was my first. - May 2017


No. Several other postings worldwide. This was my first in the Arab world, though. - Jan 2016


Numerous expat experiences - Jan 2016


Second expat experience - Jan 2016


No. France, Japan, Bolivia, Zambia. - Oct 2014


Yes. - Aug 2014


No, previous African posts. - Aug 2014


This is my first post with US Government. Other expat living: Uzbekistan (3), Armenia (2), Jakarta (4.5), Guatemala City (1), and growing up overseas. - May 2014


2nd expat experience. - Apr 2014


5th post. - Mar 2014


Yes it was and I think this is why we loved it so much! We haven't yet seen what we could have been missing in another country! - Jul 2013


No, this was my fourth expat experience. - Jul 2013


No. Lots of other experiences. I have been posted to Tokyo, Chengdu, Mogadishu, Ndjamena, La Paz, Toronto, Beirut, Chisinau, etc. - Jun 2013


No, this is my 6th expat experience. I've also lived in South America, Asia and Europe. - Jun 2013


This is my first expat experience. - May 2013


Fourth expat experience. Also lived in Tunis, Tegucigalpa, and Buenos Aires. - May 2013


No. Yemen (villages), Sudan (villages), Addis Ababa - Sep 2011


New Delhi - Aug 2011


- Aug 2011


Frankfurt, Edinburgh - Aug 2011


No. I live in Cairo before as well as San Salvador and Caracas - Jul 2011


This is our first overseas post as a family. My father and mother have traveled overseas before. - Jun 2011


I lived before in Erlangen, Germany, and Abu Dhaib, UAE. - Sep 2010


no. Dakar, Senegal - Jun 2010


No. I have also lived in Colombo, Sri Lanka and Tel Aviv, Israel. - Dec 2009


No, I've also lived in Asuncion and Jerusalem. - May 2008


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