On the occasion of Mother’s Day (March 21), many Arab stars took to social media to express their love and gratitude for their mothers, children, as well as other maternal figures. Celebrated on Sunday, the day witnessed posts from HM Queen Rania of Jordan, Karen Wazen, Mona Zaki, Nancy Ajram, and many more. From loving captions, old photographs to tear-jerking videos and songs, here are some of the most heartfelt Mother’s Day posts by Middle Eastern celebrities.
HM Queen Rania of Jordan
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Queen Rania shared heartwarming throwback pictures of her with all four of her children, captioned: “I see my whole world in your eyes. Happy Mothers Day.”
Dorra Zarrouk
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Dorra Zarrouk shared three images on her Instagram account, one of which shows her lovingly embracing her mother. The Tunisian actor captioned the images, “The first love, the first embrace, the eternal tenderness. Happy Mother’s Day to all our beautiful moms.”
Mona Zaki
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Mona Zaki posted a video of an iconic Egyptian Mother’s Day song by Soaad Hosny. The Egyptian actor captioned the video, “My mother is an extremely strong woman. She taught me to be strong. May God keep you safe and healthy. Happy Mother’s Day to all.”
Nancy Ajram
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Lebanese singer Nancy Ajram shared two Instagram posts with snippets from her newly released song titled My Mother. Ajram captioned the post, “A small video for all mothers and my mine, #mother”
Hend Sabri
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Cairo-based Tunisian actor Hend Sabri posted a video taking us through some images of her mother with a caption dedicated to her saying, “Happy Mother’s Day, you are everything.”
Elissa
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Lebanese singer Elissa also posted a video starting with an image of her hugging her mother. The singer captioned the video, “Happy mother’s day my beautiful mom, God bless you and keep you safe and healthy.”
Karen Wazen
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The Lebanese entrepreneur shared a series of images with her children, dedicating her Mother’s Day post to them. She captioned it with a heartfelt message: “Thank you for making me your mama. Thank you for showing me what it means to love and be loved unconditionally. I love you my everything. Happy Mother’s Day to all the supermamas, and all the mothers watching over us.”
Rym Saidi
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Tunisian model and actor Rym Saidi also posted a series of photos with her daughter. Comparing her daughter’s love to her to that of her mother, she captioned the post: “I woke up emotional this morning, tired, feeling sick. Her hugs and kisses made me feel strong again and gave me the energy I was looking for. Her hug was all what I needed. Can you believe it? I felt like my mom was hugging me, not my daughter. Mom I miss you and can’t wait hug u soon inshallah.”
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