The History of Mother’s Day in Middle East

Mother’s day is a day celebrated almost worldwide, not on the same day though. You find some countries celebrate Mother’s Day on the second Sunday of May like Australia, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Switzerland, Turkey, and Belgium. Others like Mexico and many parts of Latin America, Mother’s Day is celebrated on the 10th of May. While Thailand celebrates it on the 12th of August. Finally, Egypt and many countries of the Middle East celebrate Mother’s Day on the 21st of March. In this article, we will be digging into the history of the Middle Eastern Mother’s day and explore how did it all start and which country took the initiative back then.

The Story behind Mother’s Day

The Middle Eastern Mother’s Day holds a really nice story. It all started from Egypt when the journalist Moustafa Amin in his daily column “Idea” in Akhbar El Youm journal raised the idea of celebrating a day honoring all the mothers.

A little while after Amin’s idea, a widowed mother visited his office and told him how she devoted her whole life to raising her son until he became a doctor. The son then got married and left her without showing any gratitude. Upon hearing this, Amin became motivated to promote for “Mother’s Day” idea again. This time, he received a lot of letters from people encouraging him and his idea of celebrating Mother’s Day. The idea was first ridiculed by president Gamal Abdel Nasser but he later accepted it and Mother’s Day was first celebrated on 21 March 1956. The practice has since been copied by many other Arab countries from Bahrain to the United Arab Emirates to Iraq.

How People Celebrate Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day in the Middle East is a well honored day. It is one of those days everyone is planning for a while ahead. All women, not just moms are celebrated this day. In schools, teachers get the most Mother’s Day gifts and cards. People at work too, bring Mother’s Day gifts for the elder mothers at work. Every organization you will find people celebrating women and shower them with Mother’s Day gifts. Families are the happiest when it comes to Mother’s Day, a mother receives mother’s day gifts from her sons and daughters and even her husband. Not just that, even mothers bring mother’s day gifts to grandmothers and mothers in law. Charity organizations even hold events to celebrate with widowed moms or those who have no children and honor them on Mother’s Day. The love of a mother is one of the most valued and unconditional kinds of love ever existed. We at Joi Gifts encourage you to pamper your mother and honor her this Mother’s Day with lots of Mother’s Day gifts. Browse our wide variety of gifts, send the best gifts to your beloved mother and treat her like a queen this Mother’s Day!

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