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Funeral held in Australia for Shoukry Sarhan’s son

From Al-Masry Al-Youm · () Arabic

Translated from Arabic and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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News Named sources Outcome reported
  • Yahya Shoukry Sarhan’s funeral was held in Australia in the presence of relatives and friends.
  • Family spokesman Mohsen Sarhan said the funeral prayer took place at Omar ibn al-Khattab Mosque in Melbourne before burial at Falkins Memorial Cemetery in Victoria.
  • The family thanked Egypt’s Foreign Ministry for helping with procedures related to his return to Cairo, in accordance with his reported wish to be buried there.

The funeral of Yahya Shoukry Sarhan, son of late Egyptian actor Shoukry Sarhan, took place in Australia as family and friends gathered to accompany him to his final resting place.

Mohsen Sarhan, the family’s media spokesman, shared a video of the ceremony on Facebook. “And so the journey has ended. May God have mercy on you, Yahya,” he wrote, referring to the grief visible on the face of Karim, Yahya’s only son.

And so the journey has ended. May God have mercy on you, Yahya.

· Mohsen SarhanHe posted the message alongside a video documenting the funeral ceremony in Australia.

Mohsen Sarhan had announced Yahya’s death in Australia on Aug. 23. He later said funeral prayers would be held after Friday prayers at Omar ibn al-Khattab Mosque in Melbourne’s Preston suburb, followed by burial at Falkins Memorial Cemetery on Box Forest Road in Glenroy, Victoria.

He also said the family had thanked Egypt’s Foreign Ministry after it responded to their appeal and helped with procedures to transfer the body to Cairo, carrying out Yahya’s wish to be buried in Egypt. The family specifically thanked Ambassador Haddad El-Gohary, assistant foreign minister for consular affairs and Egyptians abroad, for what it described as a swift response and intervention.

Those who do not thank people do not thank God.

· Mohsen SarhanHe used the phrase while thanking Egypt’s Foreign Ministry for assisting the family.
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Originally published by Al-Masry Al-Youm in Arabic. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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