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Halal cheese and yogurt

Not all brands of cheese are Halal for Muslim to eat.

Check details on http://www.ifanca.org/faq/

Therefor, It is wise to check the ingredients of the cheese.

For cheese: It may contains “rennet” component which could be coming from Porc or cows. Sometimes they do not mention “Rennet” but they mention “Modified milk ingredients” in general which can [...]

Useful immigration links

These are some immigration experience links that may help:

http://www.immigrationexpertise.com

http://www.immigration.ca/discussion2/default.asp

http://www.egyptiantalks.org/invb/index.php?showforum=117 (Arabic forum)

General tips

Try to not be late in the streets night.
Montreal is safe and everything but people used to drink on Fridays/Saturdays and drunken people in the streets are not funny. They do not hurt you but you won’t feel good when u walk in the street night and beside you somebody screaming or doing weired actions [...]

Understanding the credit card bill

Ahhhhh that was a real long call..

I have been a year here and only only NOW that I understand some credit card information

Previous statement balance: $646.87

Payments & credits: -$610.27

Purchases & debits: $499

Interest: [...]

Immigrants say

After the first 5 years, life starts being easy and at that time you can say, yes I like this country and do not regret my decision of immigration.

That’s a video about new comers impressions:Walk a Mile: The Immigrant Experience in Canada – Episode 1

Source from www.nfb.ca

Fighting loneliness & getting friends

Loneliness, i think it is a must that all singles abroad go through.

How to fight loneliness?

1- Learn to enjoy your time alone.

One of the nice thing I do in the summer is to go to Old Montreal (Metro Champ des Mars). There on the river eay, there are a lot of people, singers [...]

Halal Restaurants

I will list you some websites to get information about Halal restaurants.
I am not sure. You need to double check the restaurant, just in case. Because sometimes, restaurants are Halal in certain branches only.

What I am sure of is BASHA restaurant everywhere are Halal.

These are the lists:

MCGill Halal restaurants page

zabiha.com (restaurants and [...]

Public Transportation

You can live perfectly the first period of your life with the public transportation.

It is safe, nice and good.

Although public transportation is good, there are few negatives in buses service that you may face but [...]