A question on Egyptian etiquette and invitations to dinner.?

[Egyptian19783805]

My mom is coming to visit from Egypt, I was born and raised here and got married to a full on Egyptian, however, both of my parents are Egyptian nationals. Anyways, ever since I have gotten married to a full on Egyptian my mom expects that my Egyptian etiquette will be perfect. So, she is coming for a week with my two other siblings. My husband will not be in town at that time for work reasons. They are staying in a nearby hotel (our place is too small) and I will be seeing them on a daily basis. When we go out am I supposed to invite them because they are the visitors or is she supposed to invite me because she is the older one/ my mom? Please give me some input. Does it work differently if this was my mother-in-law?

[KuiJai5543]

It's difficult to say who should be inviting whom. I suppose you would be meeting them at the airport and checking them in the hotel anyway. You can't expect her to invite you round to her hotel. It's not her home.She's your mom staying in nearby hotel for a week. Naturally you would want to spend a lot of time with her and so does she. The first thing is obviously invite them to your home for tea or whatever because she would want to know where and how you live. The rest of the time for that week, you would want to and she would expect you to show them around. Prepare some schedules on places of interests. For the one week, do your best to make her feel welcome.