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Facts About Happy International Mother's Day

  • 05 16, 2023

Happy International Mother's Day

Mother's Day is a worldwide celebration held annually tomorrow in which the heads of family and mothers, entertain their children and this thanksgiving of the heads of family - mothers, is probably one of the last celebrations inclusive.

The date of celebrating Mother's Day varies from country to country, and Mother's Day is celebrated in the Arab world on March 21 every year. Egypt was the first country to celebrate Mother's Day on March 21, and the beginning was in 1956 when a mother visited the late journalist Mustafa Amin in his office at the newspaper Akhbar Al-Youm and told him her story.

Mustafa Amin and Ali Amin wrote in their famous column “Fikra” suggesting that Mother's Day should be a day to give back to the mother and remind her of her gratitude. In the United States, U.S. President Willie M. Obama recognized Mother's Day in March. In the United States, President Wilson declared May 2, 1914 as Mother's Day, a public holiday.

The history of celebrating mothers dates back to the era of the ancient Greeks and Romans, who held many festivals that honor the mother, and the clearest precedent for celebrating Mother's Day in the modern era is the first Christian festival known as Mothering Sunday, and the concept of Mother's Day spread in the United Kingdom and in parts of Europe when the fourth Sunday, or what is known as Lent, was celebrated, and over time flowers and other symbols of appreciation from children to mothers, and later the tradition of Mother's Day merged with the American Mother's Day between the 1930s and 1940s.

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International Mother's Day is a globally recognized day dedicated to honoring and celebrating mothers and motherhood. It is observed annually on different dates in various countries, usually in March, April, or May. The day aims to pay tribute to the love, dedication, and sacrifices that mothers make for their children and families.

Mother's Day is a global festival honouring mothers that is observed in many nations. The festival is celebrated on the second Sunday in May and has its roots in the United States.

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