You can never relax because it’s almost always Mother’s Day somewhere
Happy Belated Mother’s Day to some of you: While Mother’s Day is celebrated throughout most of the Arab world on 21 March (introduced to the region by the late liberal Egyptian journalist Mustafa Amin, who was jailed by Gamal Abdel Nasser) it was Mother’s Day yesterday in the United States, Canada and about 83 or so countries throughout the world. If you’re a national of one of those countries who forgot what day it was, or if you’re Egyptian but spent some time living abroad, there is a chance your mother may be sitting around, suffering in silence, waiting for you to wish her a happy Mother’s Day. “No, come on,” we hear you say to yourself in disbelief. But let us ask you this: Do you really want to chance it? Do you? We didn’t think so. Call her. If you need to let off some steam afterwards, go ahead and rip your shirt off and listen to some Danzig. And we of course look forward to your angry emails about the inappropriate rock and roll music, Mom.