On Season 4, Episode 3 of 90 Day Fiance: The Different Means, Mahmoud Elsherbiny launched himself to viewers.

We had already seen and gotten to know Nicole, his spouse. Followers aren’t fairly certain what to make of her.

In the meantime, Mahmoud’s brothers see the 30-year-old cloth retailer supervisor as a “spoiled sweetheart.”

However viewers are choosing up on some main purple flags. Most of them aren’t even delicate.

Nicole Sherbiny went to on a “religious tour” of Egypt, the place she noticed a cutie in a cloth retailer. She and Mahmoud fell in love and married.

Subtext means that they might have rushed to marriage merely in order that Mahmoud might have intercourse. In Egypt, he wouldn’t have even been capable of keep in a lodge room together with her earlier than they tied the knot. However absolutely there was extra to it than that.

Nicole and Mahmoud have clashed, largely over his objections to her clothes. She has by no means stayed greater than two months in Egypt. And it wasn’t so way back that Nicole was planning to divorce him.

As an alternative, Nicole is giving their marriage one other attempt. She clearly loves Mahmoud.

Her mother and father, Harold and Wanda, arrived to assist. However that they had quite a lot of comprehensible issues. They’ve by no means met Mahmoud, they’ll’t be there to help Nicole in Egypt.

It might probably’t have helped that they first discovered about Nicole’s marriage from a pal, who noticed it on social media.

Talking of which, Nicole described her marriage to Mahmoud. It was bizarre, and he or she admitted as a lot.

The 2 had a proper, authorized marriage ceremony. That was not sufficient for Mahmoud’s household, nevertheless. With the intention to appease them, they wanted to marry throughout the context of Islam.

In order that they, as Nicole characterised it, needed to crash another person’s marriage ceremony to discover a spiritual authority to officiate their union.

This naturally led to Nicole’s mother and father mentioning a query: is she curious about changing to Islam? Sure and no.

The factor is, Nicole already transformed, she instructed them. She insisted that it was not a requirement, however that she admired the peace and dedication of Muslims. That could be a regular cause for somebody to first wish to convert.

Nicole additionally added that she would need any future youngsters with Mahmoud to develop up in a single-faith family. That’s … an uncommon concern for many converts. Nicole didn’t clarify why.

Then, Nicole admitted to the confessional digital camera — however seemingly to not her mother and father — that she has some second ideas.

See, Nicole was by some means unaware (actually we do not know how) that changing would include guidelines and expectations.

She doesn’t observe any of Islam’s dietary restrictions. And, although head coverings fluctuate by tradition and a private alternative for Muslim girls in lots of locations, Mahmoud clearly expects her to “cowl up.” Although she has vowed to by no means once more don a hijab.

Then, Episode 3 launched us to Mahmoud immediately for the primary time. Beforehand, we now have seen him solely in previous pictures and on Nicole’s display.

He’s 30 years previous. He manages a cloth retailer, the place he has been working since his teenagers.

Mahmoud met his spouse there. He appears to really feel baffled by their previous conflicts, by her objections to his concepts about how she ought to costume, and even by her absence.

Mahmoud does perceive that Nicole thinks about issues very in another way than he does.

It’s attention-grabbing, as a result of Nicole additionally thinks about issues very in another way than … virtually anybody. Solely some points of this should do together with her being American. Or not being Egyptian.

So Mahmoud is aware of that his spouse is her personal individual. He additionally loves her. However it’s unclear whether or not that adjustments any of his habits in direction of her.

Forward of his spouse’s return to Egypt, Mahmoud spoke to his older brothers. Brothers who view him virtually as an eldest son.

“Mahmoud is the youngest. He’s our spoiled little sweetheart,” one brother quipped to the digital camera.”He’s by no means had a girlfriend.”

He continued: “Nicole is his first expertise with females. So, he acted with no experience. He was anticipating loads in a short while.”

Considered one of Mahmoud’s brothers famous that his personal spouse is from one other nation. Fatima, he shared, is from China.

Apparently, their married life was one thing of a “struggle” for nearly two years till issues settled down. That seems like an uncommon honeymoon interval.

However Mahmoud fearful in regards to the friction with Nicole. In virtually the identical breath, he mocked her concern over some sexist double-standards.

Mahmoud overtly made it clear that he finds his spouse’s objections to be ridiculous.

Nicole had requested why he might naked his arms at any time when he likes if she can not. Seeing him laughing at her behind her again shouldn’t be nice.

Then once more, that is the man who is aware of that their fights are continually about clothes, but he nonetheless points his wardrobe calls for. So … Mahmoud’s marital priorities are attention-grabbing.

His brothers instructed him that he has a “spiritual obligation” to “educate” Nicole about Islam.

One the floor, that appears controlling. However we should always do not forget that Nicole transformed to Islam, and so they know this.

It isn’t uncommon for individuals of a religion to supply recommendation, counseling, and schooling to new converts. However Nicole’s scenario is pretty particular.

(Can we speak about how she attire like an undercover murderer? That’s not a criticism, however an observations)

Nicole packed her issues. Her mother and father will take her automobile and presumably a few of her belongings again to their residence on an extended, lengthy drive.

She is not residing in LA. She gave up her condo, hopped onto a airplane, and headed to Mahmoud. Even after admitting to her mother and father that she was “freaking out” and doesn’t wish to return to Egypt.

On the airport, Nicole and Mahmoud greeted one another with affectionate hugs. She wasn’t certain if the show can be acceptable.

PDA may be very uncommon in Egypt, however (straight) vacationers will appeal to fewer stares than an Egyptian native. Mahmoud defined {that a} hug at an airport between a husband and spouse is ok, regardless of Nicole’s uncertainty.

Kissing would have been one other matter. And, in Mahmoud’s eyes, so was Nicole’s outfit.

Regardless that Nicole dressed herself in an aesthetic that we will solely name “Elevated Nun Couture,” this was nonetheless not sufficient for Mahmoud.

He felt that her clothes (lengthy sleeves, lengthy pants, and a turtleneck shirt) was too revealing with out the jacket closed.

Mahmoud couldn’t even get out of the airport with out “correcting” Nicole’s garments. This isn’t a promising signal.