OUMMI - MARCEL KHALIFEH

To my mother Laudy... God protects you mama!!
Mother's Day is a day honoring mothers, celebrated on various days in many places around the world. It complements Father's Day, the celebration honoring fathers.Different countries celebrate Mother's Day on various days of the year because the day has a number of different origins.

One school of thought claims this day emerged from a custom of mother worship in ancient Greece, which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of Greek gods. This festival was held around the Vernal Equinox around Asia Minor and eventually in Rome itself from the Ides of March (15 March) to 18 March.

The ancient Romans also had another holiday, Matronalia, that was dedicated to Juno, though mothers were usually given gifts on this day.

In addition to Mother's Day, International Women's Day is celebrated in many countries, most often on March 8th.In 1912, Anna Jarvis trademarked the phrases "second Sunday in May" and "Mother's Day". [1]

"She was specific about the location of the apostrophe; it was to be a singular possessive, for each family to honour their mother, not a plural possessive commemorating all mothers in the world." [1]

This is also the spelling used by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson on the law making official the holiday on the U.S., by U.S. Congress on bills, [2][3] and by other U.S. President on their declarations. [4]

Common usage in English language also dictates that the ostensibly singular possessive "Mother's Day" is the preferred spelling.Mother's Day is celebrated on different days throughout the world. Examining the trends in Google searches for the term "mother's day" shows two primary results, the smaller one on the fourth Sunday in Lent (it is also called ladies day and women's day), and the larger one on the second Sunday in May.[5]

The extent of the celebrations varies greatly. In some countries, it is potentially offensive to one's mother not to mark Mother's Day. In others, it is a little-known festival celebrated mainly by immigrants, or covered by the media as a taste of foreign culture (compare the celebrations of Diwali in the UK and the United States).

Note: Countries that celebrate International Women's Day are marked with a cross '†'.In most countries, Mother's Day is a recent observance derived from the holiday as it has evolved in North America and Europe. Many African countries adopted the idea of one Mother's Day from the British tradition, although there are many festivals and events celebrating mothers within the many diverse cultures on the African continent that long pre-date colonization.
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عيد الأم هو اليوم الذي تكرم فيه الأمهات, وهو يختلف تاريخه من دولة لأخرى، فمثلا في مصر يكون يوم 21 مارس، أما النرويج تقيمه في الأحد الثاني من فبراير، أما في الأرجنتين فهو يوم الأحد الثالث من أكتوبر، وفي لبنان يكون اليوم الأول من فصل الربيع، وجنوب أفريقيا تحتفل به يوم الأحد الأول من مايو. وفي الولايات المتحدة يكون الاحتفال في يوم الأحد الثاني من مايو وفيه يتم عرض صور رسمها أطفال بين السادسة والرابعة عشرة من عمرهم وتدخل ضمن معرض متجول يحمل اسم "أمي" ويتم نقله كل 4 سنوات يتجول المعرض في عديد من الدول.
أخذت فكرة الاحتفال بعيد الأم في الوطن العربي من مصر، وهو أول أيام فصل الربيع. واحتفلت مصر بأول عيد أم في 21 مارس سنة 1956م ومن مصر خرجت الفكرة إلى البلاد الأخرى. عند الشیعه یوم میلاد فاطمة الزهراء، بنت النبی صلی الله علیه وآله، یکون عید الام و عید النساء. هذه السنة الجمیلة قد جعلت بعد انقلاب الاسلامی فی ایران. فی مثل هذا الیوم، 20 جمادی الثانی، ولد یعطی هدیة لامه و زوج یعطی لزوجته. عادتا، یذهبون و یطعمون فی مطاعم و یهدون الزهور للنساء.
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El Día de la Madre es una festividad que conmemora a las madres. Se celebra en diferentes fechas del año según el país, como se ve más abajo. Las madres frecuentemente reciben regalos ese día.

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