Aly and Sadime

Aly is my little 4.5 years old boy and Sadime is my little 2.5 years old girl. I have no contact with them. Actually I do not know where they are. Most probably they are in the UK. Aly, my son, I miss you so much. Sadime, my little baby, your cute face is always in front of my eyes. I love you so much. I will do everything I can do, I will be anything I can be, to see you, touch you, and to be so close to you. I do not know how it will happen, but I am sure it will happen. My heart is broken but my will is of steel. Lots of love.

Omar and me

Omar is my 13 years old boy. I am in love with him. He is so smart and cute. I was away from him for about 25 months. I left Cairo in Feb 2005 and came back at Mar 2007. I was almost in daily contact with him and his three sisters who were living with him on their own. They had no father or mother at home. It was very difficult for all of us. I made a great effort to compensate for my absence and their mother absence by being online with them over Skype almost all the time. We were living together online. It was a funny experience but very tough one specially for the young 11 years old at the time Omar. I persuaded his sister Hala to help him in communicating with me over Skype. In a very short time he was very good in chatting and communicating with me online. He is the youngest among his older sisters. Aly and Sadime, my youngest kids from the second marriage were living with their mother at a different house. So, technically Omar was the youngest at home. In our chat, I was always busy with Laila, the oldest daughter, who was acting as their mother. I always has to remind myself to talk to him and sometimes Laila was hinting to me to ask about him and talk to him. I used to feel guilty for him. I am not living with him and it was very easy for me to forget to talk to him or to ask about what he is doing. He was very good. He used to attend all these conversations and when I ask about him, I found that he is there listening. He is a brilliant listener. I was almost always surprised when I took his opinion regarding the subjects I am discussing with his sisters, how sharp he is. Actually I developed trust in his views and feedbacks. Now I ask him a lot about his points of view in many issues that are not necessarily related to him. When I saw him at the airport, he was a tall and strong youngman. The moment is so intense and full of deep emotions and love. I see him as my friend. I enjoy spending time with him while he is playing FIFA. He is playing a lot and invites me to see how clever he is in scoring goals. I am so happy I am back, to spend time with him and be close to my great friend Omar.

"Awladi" in Arabic means "My Kids".

"Awladi" is an expression of love and care for my kids. I am committed to love them and to provide for them the best I can offer. I have 6 kids, I am sure you will know all of them very well in this blogger. But the reason I started this site is to communicate with young people all over the world as I also see and relate to them as my kids "Awladi".

In the last few weeks, I have developed a mind map for my life. I developed my own methodolgy to develop a map that reflects the mission, roles, goals, and objectives of my life. I was astonished to realize that my kids in the broad sense - kids and young people all over the world - and my kids in the narrow sense - my own six kids- are so valuble to me and at the center of my map. I found out that I cannot value my self or enjoy my life without being so close and so connected to them. So I started this blogger to express and practice my love and my fatherhood to all of them.

I want to introduce to you my six kids.

Laila, she is 22. She is my love and pride.

Hala, she is 19. She is the smile of my life.




Ghada, she is 18. She is my flower.



Omar, He is 13. He is my boy.




Aly, He is 4. He is my little boy.

Sadime, She is 2. She is my heart.

I love them so much and my love to them mirrors my love and my committment to young people all over the world.

Let me thank you for visiting "Awladi" and I am committed to be a stand for fatherhood in the full sense of the word.

I would love to hear from you through your comments or your emails, about you and who you are about your kids in the broad and the narrow sense.

Love

Ahmed