90 Day Fiance has featured Mohamed Abdelhamed and Yvette "Yve" Arellano butting heads over their different cultural beliefs on Season 9, so did the couple break up or go through with getting married -- and are Mohamed and Yve still together now, and living in the U.S. together?
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[90 Day Fiance spoilers warning: This report contains spoilers on Yvette and Mohamed's relationship and if the 90 Day Fiance couple is still together and married].
Yve, a 48-year-old acupuncturist and massage therapist from Albuquerque, NM, and Mohamed, a 25-year-old from Egypt, introduced themselves on 90 Day Fiance's ninth season.
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Yve has a twelve-year-old son named Tharan, who battles autism, Down syndrome and Stage II kidney disease.
Yve said she has a lot on her plate as a single mom and there had been times that were very demanding and stressful. For example, Tharan had to be catheterized every three hours. She tried to be positive and keep moving forward.
Yve was almost married before. She dated her son's father for eight years but said "different people go through different things" and she didn't feel emotionally supported by her ex. Yve therefore called off their engagement.
Yve said she wasn't interested in dating at all until a man half her age from Egypt slid into her DMs. She bragged about him having a "shredded" body and six-pack of abs.
Yve called Mohamed an amazing person, whom she had videochatted with a couple of days after meeting. They began talking multiple times a day, and Yve said that even though she's 48 years old and he's 25, the age difference didn't matter to them.
After a couple of weeks, the pair expressed love to each other, and then two months after they met, Yve decided to go see Mohamed and purchased a plane ticket.
Yve said once she saw Mohamed in person, all of her fears melted away and their time together was just "magical and perfect."
The couple got engaged right away with a red-ruby ring, and Yve said she never had this type of connection with somebody before.
Once Yve returned from Egypt, she started the K-1 visa process and he was approved for it two years later.
Mohamed was therefore about to fly to Albuquerque, but Yve's friends worried about him being possessive and controlling.
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Yve even tossed some of her clothes that were too revealing given Mohamed wouldn't want her dressing that was in public.
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Yve's fiance was also the same age as Tharan. Yve didn't want to be judged or criticized for dating a young man, and she admitted people questioning her decision and Mohamed's motive was "hard" and "heartbreaking."
"I just want everyone to be happy for me," Yve said in tears.
Yve relaxed the day before Mohamed's arrival with several of her best friends, who had been very supportive of her relationship.
Yve revealed Mohamed was a virgin when they met due to his Islam religion but they "went against things" and broke the rules due to their strong and alleged once-in-a-lifetime connection.
Yve wasn't willing to convert to his Islam faith, but she was prepared to dress differently and give up alcohol to please him. Yve's friends feared Mohamed wouldn't like them, and they didn't like the idea of Yve changing herself for a man.
Yve's friends didn't want Yve to lose herself in the relationship and her independence and individuality.
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Once the pair reunited in the airport, they hugged and kissed, and Yve seemed completely ecstatic.
"You look so beautiful!" Mohamed gushed, adding how it was an amazing feeling to finally show affection in public. "That was my first taste of freedom. I felt like I was born again in this moment."
Yve repeatedly called Mohamed "my love," and Mohamed said he felt like he was living in a dream and he was scared to wake up from it.
Mohamed, however, admitted that leaving his home was very hard because he wouldn't be able to go back for a while and see his family and friends. Yve pointed out how she wasn't the only person in the relationship making sacrifices, which her loved ones didn't seem to understand.
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Yve was worried how Mohamed would adjust to life in America, especially because she would have to work and he was used to his mother cooking all of his meals every day for him.
Yve then brought Mohamed home and gave him a tour of the house. Mohamed said he already considered himself married to Yve and so he didn't feel guilty to live with Yve before marriage, even though premarital co-existing is against his Islam religion.
Mohamed gushed about his new house being really big, twice the size of his place in Egypt, and Yve surprised him with red rose petals on the bed. Yve also gifted Mohamed a silver crown ring to represent how he's her king.
However, Mohamed was disappointed to learn Yve had yet to set up the bidet, which he needed for making himself clean before prayer sessions, which he conducts about five times a day.
"My perfect in my imagination is the woman will love me as my mother. So, someone [who can] prepare everything for you to make your life easier. That's what I was looking for. Yve makes me feel good... She's older, she's mature and she's taking care of me," Mohamed explained.
Mohamed said not having a bidet bothered him a lot and he was starting to realize how different their cultures really are.
"Yve needs to make sacrifices for me... and if she doesn't, I think that may ruin our relationship," Mohamed said.
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After two years of being apart, Yve said she had a night with Mohamed that she had always dreamed of, and the pair agreed it was a very special morning as well.
Mohamed said it was nice to cuddle a woman rather than a pillow in the morning, but he had never lived with a woman before.
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Mohamed wished he and Yve could have breakfast in bed and explore the area, but Yve had to go to work and she apologized for that.
Yve knew she'd have to be Mohamed's sole provider for a while, and she found that a little stressful.
"I'm trying to understand, but I didn't want to spend my first morning in America by myself," Mohamed complained, adding, "I expected her to cook for me because my mom cooks for me and watches my needs... I expected Yve to do the same. This is not what I was expecting for my future wife."
Mohamed was starting to miss his mother already, as he looked around the kitchen for salt and other ingredients.
Mohamed, however, was excited to meet Yve's son in-person later that day.
Mohamed realized his first 90 days in America were probably going to be tough because he'd be stuck at home often.
Later that day, Yve introduced Mohamed to her son Tharan, and the guys hugged. Tharan said Mohamed being in America was "so cool," and it was such an adorable moment.
Mohamed called it an "amazing feeling," and the hug made him feel right at home. Mohamed surprised Tharan with a toy and then Yve cooked the boys some hamburgers and a nice dinner.
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Mohamed worried he'd be more of a babysitter than a fiance, and he didn't want to have "a female role" during his 90 days in America.
With 88 days to wed, Yve welcomed a handyman into her home to finally install the bidet Mohamed desperately needed. Mohamed told Yve that in his Islam faith and culture, a woman and a man could not be alone.
Mohamed asked Yve to call him if a man was coming over because she's not even allowed to be in the same house as another man.
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Mohamed asked Yve to keep her distance from the handyman, and Yve was annoyed because she had been trying to do something nice for him.
"I feel like I was being scolded, and I was just trying to do something nice for the man I love," Yve vented in a confessional.
"I'm getting concerned because I didn't know that was a rule. Am I not going to be allowed to be near strangers anymore? I don't want to live my life that way, so I'm kind of nervous."
Mohamed said he had given up everything in Egypt to move to the U.S. and be with Yve and so she needed to make sacrifices for their relationship as well. Mohamed said he needed to feel comfortable in his home and Yve had to follow rules in order to please him.
"Keep a list," Mohamed said.
"You have to be a little more flexible and understand that I am not a Muslim woman," Yve clapped back.
"But you're with a Muslim man," Mohamed replied.
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"But I am who I am," Mohamed quietly noted.
Yve realized she had a lot to learn about Mohamed in the next 90 days and she hoped he'd be willing to be more open-minded about how things are in the United States. She didn't want Mohamed to change her too much, explaining that their relationship wouldn't work out in that case.
Are Yve and Mohamed still together now or has the 90 Day Fiance couple split?
Mohamed doesn't have any photos of Yve on his Instagram account. She's only included in a short promo of 90 Day Fiance that he uploaded on his page on March 31 at the start of Season 9.
Mohamed didn't even identify Yve in the caption or say anything sweet or nice about her.
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Mohamed's page is also filled with underwear and sexy modeling photos.
He has also been posting pictures of himself in Egypt, suggesting he may not be living in the United States anymore. He has been posting photos throughout April and May 2022 in Egypt.
And in late May, Mohamed captioned a modeling photo of himself, "At least I'm stronger than Yesterday."
But on May 16, Mohamed spoke about America being his "home."
"Egypt is beautiful. American people are very welcoming. #american thanks #america," He wrote.
"Everyone here made me feel that I'm home, thanks to the#90dayfiancefamily #90dayfiance #tlc and thanks Tharan for welcoming me with a huge hug."
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