Bassam abou zeid biography of barack
A Separate State of Mind's Post
Over the years, first communions have become less about the religious value they uphold but rather about which child has the best combo of it all: souvenirs, party, ceremony.
It was the case when I did it almost 18 years ago. My parents went all out. Things have only gotten worse since.
Despite the materialistic aspect of the ceremony, it remains a rite of passage for a lot of Lebanese Christians, mostly Maronites. For many children, it’s the highlight of their 8th year. For most parents, it’s one of the last religious festivities their children will go through .
Yesterday, news surfaced that well-known Lebanese reporter Bassam Abou Zeid wouldn’t be going through that experience with his two little boys: Matheo and Iowan.
In a Facebook post, Abou Zeid detailed the ordeal his children were going through in the St. Doumit Parish in Zouk Mkayel; the ceremony organizers were having issues handling them so they required the parents to be present during rehearsals, which the parents obliged to, only to be faced with the ultimatum that their children were not a “proper fit” with that particular parish to undergo the ceremony.
When Abou Zeid spoke to the Parish priest to sort things out, parents threatened to take their children elsewhere if Abou Zeid’s children were to remain part of that particular first communion, for fear of them “ruining” it.
To summarize: this is one of the most disgusting things to occur in Lebanese society in years, there’s nothing Christian about this. Those parents – screw them – should be ashamed. Those ceremony organizers should be ashamed as well.
Let’s start with the ceremony organizers.
It is your duty as volunteers to hold such ceremonies to take in children from all kinds of kinds whose parents want them to take the next step in their Christian life. Bassam Abou Zeid’s children having special needs and Egyptian politician Bassem Kamal Mohamed Ouda (Arabic: باسم كمال محمد عودة, born 16 April 1970), commonly known as Bassem Ouda, is an Egyptian politician who is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP). He served as Egypt's Minister of Supply and Interior Trade between January and July 2013, when he resigned due to the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état. He was later arrested, tried and sentenced to life imprisonment in a politically motivated trial. Bassem Kamal Mohamed Ouda was born in Algeria in 1970. Ouda was one of the candidates for the secretariat of the FJP in 2011. He was the head of the fuel file in President Mohamed Morsi's 100-day plan during the latter's presidential champaign. He also heads the energy committee of the FJP. Ouda was appointed Minister of Supply and Interior Trade on 5 January 2013 in a government reshuffle. Ouda replaced Zeid Mohamed in the post. Ouda was one of the FJP members serving in the cabinet that is headed by Prime MinisterHesham Qandil. He and other FJP members in the cabinet resigned from office on 4 July 2013 following the 2013 coup d'état in Egypt. Ouda's term officially ended on 16 July 2013 when the interim government led by Hazem Al Beblawi was formed. On November 12th 2013, Egyptian security forces arrested Ouda on accusation of incitement of violence. On July 19th 2014, an initial death sentence ruling was made against a number of previous members and leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood in a case known as "Masjid Al-Istqama incident". However the Grand Mufti of Egypt refused to certify the ruling, hence the case was sent back to court. On January 10th 2019, the Giza criminal court found Ouda, and 6 other individuals, not guilty in .Bassem Ouda
Early life
Career
Post-coup arrest and trial
First Case