The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Thursday May 5th, 2022 – International Day of the Midwife
International Day of the Midwife was first celebrated May 7, 1991, and has since been observed in over 50 nations around the world. The idea of having a day to recognize and honor midwives came out of the 1987 International Confederation of Midwives conference in the Netherlands. In 2014 it was celebrated in Iran and New Zealand among other places.
“Do you want to say Goodbye to your family?” My first meeting with ISD. by Zulfikar Shariff
On 26th of June 2016, Shireen, our 6 children and I landed in Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), Malaysia. We planned to spend a few days in Malaysia before heading to Singapore to meet with my mother. We would then head back to Negri Sembilan (Shireen’s home state) for the first day of Eid.
Notwithstanding the threat of arrest, it was supposed to be our best Eid ever. Apart from visiting my in-laws in Negri Sembilan, Malaysia, we planned to visit the island resorts of Tioman and Langkawi. The kids wanted to visit Thailand too, just for a day (so that they could say they have been to Thailand).
We spent the months leading up to the trip organising our activities. The last Eid that Shireen and I celebrated prior to leaving for Melbourne in 2002 was in Singapore with my side of the family. In 2016, we agreed to visit Singapore a few days before Eid, leave for Shireen parents’ house on the eve, celebrate Eid in Negri Sembilan for a couple of days before heading back to Singapore.
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The Muskrat #poem by Jan Sand
““Here!” my older son had said,
And thumped the plastic bag on the bed.
Inside I saw the brown-red thing.
Small – rabbit sized.”
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Tang & Ram #034 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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