All You Need to Know about Mother's Day

In the Arab world and the Middle East, Mother's Day marks 21st of March to honor the efforts of mother and women who played a vital role in their families and community such as old sisters, grandmothers, aunts, and teachers.

It was commemorated for the first time in the world in 1908 by Anna Maria Jarvis who established an honoring occasion for her mother. By 1913, the celebration becomes a national holiday in the US.

On the other hand, the event was established in the MENA region in 1955 by the veteran journalist Ali Amin when he wrote an article entitled "Why Don't We Agree upon Establishing a "Mother's Day" to Be a National Day in the Arab world?"

Later on, Amin suggested the date to be 21st of March as it marks the beginning of spring and the season of flowers blossoming.

However, not all countries in the MENA region celebrates the occasion in March as Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia celebrates with it in May like the US, Europe, and Eastern Asia.