Mother's Day

On March 21 of every year, the Arab world celebrates the mother, and the world pays special attention to her celebration despite the different dates and methods of celebration in each country. How did the celebration of this day begin?

The story of the celebration of Mother's Day began thousands of years ago, with the beginning of the ages of myths in Asia Minor, where the people of "Phyrygia" honored "the mother of the goddess Cybele". Pleasure on the same "mother goddess" and in honor of her

With the advent of Christianity, the celebration became held in honor of the "mother church" on the fourth Sunday of Lent among Christians, and took another form in the Middle Ages.

The actual modern founder of the day is a woman from the United States of America named "Anna Garvis". Anna wanted to honor her mother and the mothers of the entire world. She dedicated her life to fulfilling her mother's desire for a mother's day. After her mother's death in 1905, she decided to organize a large campaign for the establishment of a national mother's day in the United States of America.

In 1948 the idea of ​​Mother's Day spread around the world and its dates varied. In Norway, Mother's Day is set on February 2, in Armenia on April 7, in Mexico on May 10, and in Yugoslavia they celebrate it in the first three days of December.

The celebration appeared in the Arab world in the twentieth century, and its idea dates back to the Egyptian journalist Ali Amin, founder of the newspaper Akhbar Al-Youm, when he called in an article to dedicate a day to celebrate the mother.

Most Arab countries celebrate this day in March, such as Egypt, Libya, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Sudan, Syria, Palestine, Sudan, Yemen and Mauritania, while other Arab countries celebrate it on the last Sunday of May, including Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria.

The celebration appeared in the Arab world in the twentieth century, and the date of the celebration differs from one country to another.

His idea goes back to the Egyptian journalist Ali Amin, founder of Akhbar Al-Youm newspaper, when he called in an article to dedicate a day to celebrate the mother. This demand was very welcomed, and the Egyptians celebrated the first time Mother’s Day in March 1956.

Most Arab countries celebrate this day in March, such as Egypt, Libya, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Sudan, Syria, Palestine, Sudan, Yemen and Mauritania. While other Arab countries celebrate it on the last Sunday of May, including Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria.

In 1948, the idea of ​​Mother's Day spread around the world and its dates varied. In Norway, Mother's Day is in February, in Armenia on April 7, in Mexico on May 10, and in Yugoslavia they celebrate it for three days in December.

In Yugoslavia, sons tie their mothers with ropes and do not untie them until after they give them sweets and gifts as a sign of their love for them.

"I miss my mother to bake .

And my mom's coffee .

Mom's touch .

grown up in childhood .

day upon day .

And I love my life because .

if you die .

I'm ashamed of my mother's tears."

In Ethiopia, the celebration is linked to the end of the rainy winter season, and the sons offer sweets to their mothers, and they paint themselves with butter to celebrate them.