90 Day Fianc: Happily Ever After? star Nicole Sherbiny is mysterious and loves to keep her past before the show a secret. The American woman, Nicole, is married to Mahmoud El Sherbiny from Cairo. Nicole and Mahmoud have a nine-year age gap between them, apart from their obvious religious and cultural differences. While Nicole converted to Islam when she married Mahmoud, she didnt think too much about it. Nicole didnt even tell anyone back home she was marrying Mahmoud. However, once reality dawned upon Nicole, she realized how different it was to live in Egypt than it was to visit.