{"id":650373,"date":"2017-03-22T04:17:41","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T04:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/03\/22\/egypt-has-been-honoring-mothers-since-ancient-times\/"},"modified":"2017-03-22T04:17:41","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T04:17:41","slug":"egypt-has-been-honoring-mothers-since-ancient-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/03\/22\/egypt-has-been-honoring-mothers-since-ancient-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt has been honoring mothers since ancient times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Egypt may have introduced \u201cMother's Day\u201d to the region, but its roots in the country run deeper than modern times<\/strong>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/english.alarabiya.net\/en\/life-style\/art-and-culture\/2017\/03\/21\/How-Egypt-introduced-Mother-s-Day-to-the-Arab-world.html\">Al Arabiya<\/a>. The news outlet credits Egyptian journalist Ali Amin with popularizing the day in the Arab World though his column in Al Akhbar Al Youm. Shounaz Mekky, however, posits that the idea of honoring mothers dates back to Ancient Egyptians, who were among the early civilizations to celebrate motherhood. \u201cIt is said that as per the pharaonic tradition, an annual festival was held to honor goddess Isis, who represented the ideal mother and wife in Egyptian mythology.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egypt may have introduced \u201cMother's Day\u201d to the region, but its roots in the country run deeper than modern times, according to Al Arabiya. The news outlet credits Egyptian journalist Ali Amin with popularizing the day in the Arab World though his column in Al Akhbar Al Youm. 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