Ahmed Mohammed Kamel Seleem

client no. 620 903 58

My Husband was deported July 31, 2009. My daughter was sent to live with her father an hour and a half away in October 2009. I was diagnosed with severe depression. Needless to say the quality of life at the moment is far from great. I have lost our family home due to finances. I have had to depend on the government for all my needs since the deportation of my dear husband. All of this against my will. We are NOT these types of people to hold our hands out. My husband is a hard working man who was supporting us legally.

In March of 2007 I met Ahmed Seleem through a mutual friend. We talked and dated for 6 months and then married the end of august at our religious center. We maintained a warm safe comforting home. We contributed to society, we created jobs for people in Regina, and we paid taxes and lived an honest life. Prior to meeting, my husband had a thriving business in Hamilton Ontario. After deciding to marry me he sacrificed this business and picked up starting fresh in Regina Saskatchewan... where the government was calling for skilled workers. Here we began our business.

I scheduled appointments and was in charge of advertising. As my husbands work became more of a demand we were able to provide jobs to other men who otherwise would have needed to depend on the resources of the government. To this day my husbands work is praised by his previous clients. They leave me with comments waiting for his return.

Our daughter...Sarah. This is something I can barely discuss as it is emotionally unbearable to think of. She was 8 when her BABA was deported. We told her he had to help his mom and dad in Egypt. Since the spring of 09 she has not seen her baba. She loved this man more than her biological father. Ahmed was a fair man and always encouraged her to love her father and call HIM dad... and not himself. Sarah chose to call Ahmed baba to feel close to him.

Ahmed would spend the days working and come home to a home cooked meal and be ready again to take his girls out to TIM HORTINS for candy cane hot chocolate...and go to Wascana park to play. He was the best mannered man I have ever met and finally felt we had a true family. Since their separation, Sarah has been tortured emotionally and constantly asks when her baba will get to come back. We make it clear to her that it is not in her baba's hands and that the government will be the one to let her baba comeback home. Sarah refuses to watch videos with her and her baba singing and playing as this makes her cry. As Sarah's mother it makes me so depressed to think of this poor little girls loss and reduces me to tears how I couldn’t protect her as a mother should from such an unfortunate loss. Just this past month when the weather was warm I suggested we make her a tree house in our yard. She was determined not to let anyone touch this ‘special tree’ as her baba promised her he will build Sarah her first tree house. I offered her for Maher, her babas best friend to build it, as she is now 10 and I fear she will out grow this phase of playing, she responded; “Maher is not my baba and this is baba and my project. It is killing me to think that because she is not considered Ahmed biological child that her broken heart will be ignored. Anyone who has children, I beg you to feel our situation since it is you who has the abilities to bring Sarah’s baba home.

Financially I need my husband back. I am medically ill and am unable to work. I see a doctor, councillor and psychiatrist regularly. I am stuck on medication for depression which my psychiatrist has informed me I will be able to be taken off of when my husband returns. He has told me clearly when my husband returns I will be MUCH better and my severe medical condition will lift.

I love Canada. I want Canada to be my home forever. I was born in small town Saskatchewan and intend to die in Saskatchewan. This is my home and I never want to leave. Moving to Egypt is NOT an option for me as I refuse to leave my daughter Sarah behind. I also cannot live in another country other than Canada. This is my home... it’s in my blood. I love Canada and am here to stay.

My husband and I converse daily. Phone bills are out of control. I have sacrificed on food money, depending on the food bank, to be able to speak with my dear husband. We have played by all the rules we are good people. We are waiting just like everyone else for our turn. I have patiently waited until finding out recently an acquaintance when to the media begging for her husbands return and he has arrived and been here for about a month. Waiting her turn did not apply to her so now i am begging you. I am growing older, Sarah is growing older and we are all missing out on valuable time with each other. Sarah will be a teen soon enough and these precious years will be lost. I want to have more children with my husband but the older I get the more risks I face with pregnancy or even infertility. I have come to a point where I need to ask my country to help us. The decision of whether my health improves or not is in my countries hands. The decision of whether Sarah sees her baba again is in my countries hands. The decision of whether we become productive citizens who benefit our country again is in Canada's hands.

My Daughter Sarah who is 10 years old also wanted to write a letter asking for her baba to come home. She has suffered emotionally and psychologically for long enough. As her mother it is the hardest thing seeing your own daughter suffer and not be able to stop her pain. We humbly ask our country to help us regain our lives. Thank you for your time.

Shallen Blanchard

Sarah Climenhaga

Information:
Mrs. Shallen Blanchard

1909 Robinson Street

Regina, Sask
S4T2P3
Canada.

Re: Mr. Ahmed Seleem

file number is B 0590 8312 4
and as u know if u dial overseas u go 001 then the # above.

File is currently at

CANADIAN EMBASSY
6, MOHAMED FAHMY EL SAYED ST.
GARDEN CITY, CAIRO EGYPT
TEL ( 202 ) 2791 8700
FAX ( 202 ) 2791 8864

Ahmed Mohammed Kamel Seleem

client no. 620 903 58

"Let women now leave all that may be left of home for a great and earnest day of counsel. Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead"

As another author wrote, "I'll celebrate with you as long as you will FIRST mourn with me". It is the combination of the two that lends itself to the true meaning of "Mothers Day".

The Festival is for 'OUR' community and celebrates 'Armed Forces Day'. The Festival is organised by Reigate Events Collective, their website slogan reads 'Encouraging Community, Sporting, Visual and Performing Events'

The Festival organisers placed an advert in the Surrey Mirror asking for local performers to apply to play at the Festival. These young artists aged between 14 & 15 replied to the advert on the day it was published, they heard nothing back for over a week.

The artists, represented by a non-commercial music management business, emailed Reigate Events Collective several times and then contacted Reigate Council to ensure the artists would be selected.

I'm sure you can imagine how disappointed, rejected and upset the artists felt when they were told 'NO' by the organisers, "You are not selected". Out of the 10 artists that applied, not one was selected to play, not even for one song for 3 minutes !!

The reality is, there is 'NO' fair reason why these artists should be refused by the event organisers and local council !! The festival starts at 10:30am and ends at 7pm, why can't the organisers provide them with their moment to perform in the 8.5 hours of the Festival?

Perhaps the organisers have decided that young, talented and focused teenagers, that write and perform modern pop and rap music are not welcome to perform in our town? If you disagree with the event organiser decision, please sign the petition.

These artists write and perform the genre of music that we believe the mass majority of our community will really enjoy on the day of the Festival, whether they be young or old.

Thank you for taking the time to read our petition and if you disagree with the event organiser and local council's decision, please sign the petition.

He has been greatly deprived of visitations with his immediate family due to decisions beyond his control or that of his immediate family approval or knowledge. He has had depleted terms of education due to his situation of constant movement, and no stability within the system.

He has been denied the enivitable just right to be heard because he can not voice his opinion of his situation to anyone outside of those who have imprisoned him. His initial time has been served for release, but no release date for the present has been set.

This family has been through so much ...... the fire, health complications, and so much more......

On October 30, 2005 shortly after the family left home to go buy the last few Halloween costumes they needed, their home burnt down, they lost everything.

With what insurance money they received and help from many people and businesses in the community they were able to build a new home, but its just the rough frame, while it does have windows, doors, roof and siding, it is enclosed but nothing inside is done. And the septic tank has collapsed.

The house still needs insulation, drywall, electrical, plumbing, heating, cabinets, septic system...everything inside is needed.

They can not finish the house on their own, in a timely manner.

They have a hard time finding anywhere to live due to having 6 children ages 5-15, most people say their rental homes are too small for the family size etc....
They have lived with family, friends, motels. etc.....

One of their children is also Autistic. The moving around so much is very hard on him....and the other children as well.
The children all do well in school and volunteer and help out wherever & whenever needed. The older children volunteer every summer as jr. lifeguards and help teach swim lessons. They are involved in their church, girl scouts, etc...

Due to the fire, the father works of state. Mr. Hamilton is a carpenter and lost all of his tools in the fire, he now travels across the country for work. Mom is left to do everything, and she doesnt mind. She drives back and forth to school at least 8 times a day dropping off and picking up her children. Mom is not healthy/well. She has many health issues and and is having much difficulty walking due to health issues.

No one ever complains, at times the children will ask when can we go home? Mom and some of the children have asthma, many allergies. There are many health issues, esp. with mom.

Legal action is now being taken against the Hamilton family because they did not complete their home in the 1.5 years permitted. The house has just been sitting there for some time now. The fear of not knowing what is going to happen because they can not finish the house quickly is very worrisome to the family.

This family is so loving and caring and has done without for so long, esp the children..... they all need to go 'home'.
This year will be 3 years not at home, its hard esp. the holidays.

EXTREME MAKEOVER HOME EDITION PLEASE come finish the Hamilton Family's home and get them home...
its been 3 long years.........

Edited to add:
There is so much more to say, but we have decided not to go into many details, we are keeping alot of details quiet, for Extreme Makeover Home Edition.
We hope you understand.

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Jacob Grys is a miracle! He was not expected to live after birth. But live he did. He is a tiny child that is full of life. Jake was born with dwarfism caused by osteogenesis imperfecta.

Yes, he has brittle bones. Yes, he breaks his bones every month. But his difficulties are mainly caused by his dwarfism. He depends upon his family for everything. Though he has above average intelligence and bursting personality, he can not get a drink, go to the bathroom, shower, turn on a light, and worst of all, he can not open a door so if the house would catch on fire he can not escape. His family (adoptive parents and 6 siblings) have always thought they would just care for him forever, but...When the therapist at Easter Seals came to their house to nominate them for Extreme Makeover Home Edition, she showed them that he could be independent with the correct changes and additions to their home.

So they have discovered it is a disservice to Jake to make him depend on them. He needs to be able to care for himself. His family is now consumed with finding a way to make him INDEPENDENT!! You can help.

photo by Chanel http://www.yourreflectionmystyle.com

Photo by Chanel http://www.yourreflectionmystyle.com

8/13 Erik and Heidi are in the process of adding 3 more children to the family. The lord has nocked on there door and they have opened there home to 3 kids of the family to give them a safe home while there parents health gets better.

8?2/2007 Our thoughts and many many prayers go out to families of 35 W Minnesota Bridge. We are praying for everyone of those people and family and friends and also the rescue workers hard at work.

7/28 Martin has been in the Hospital now for about 4 days at the U of M he has been vomiting and severe headaches. Erik,Heidi, Kelly and Kattie where for the day today and they did a spinal tap today which was finally successful as they tried twice yesterday and he was tuck over 15 times and it was unsuccessful. They are checking the fluid to see what is causing his headaches, they will also be doing an MRI tomorrow on him. He refuses to eat as he is so sick. Pray for him. His spirits are good. He seemed to really enjoy seeing Erik today. We will keep you updated. Heidi is also scheduled to head back to Mayo again in a couple of weeks for more test. We are all praying for her .

7/6 Heidi called me today and she went to the local dr for pain in her leg and they exrayed it and found a quarter size spot behind her leg. Her local doctor has contacted her dr. at the Mayo clinic. They are reviewing her exray from Monticello and she will her from Mayo sometime this week on what is going to happen next. Please pray for them. God bless

7/2 update on Heidi, she has been to the Mayo clinic that past couple of days and she found out that she has two new spots on her leg , same spot as the original site of the cancer. She will be doctoring with mayo. Will update with more info. soon.

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Just a quick update, we found out yesterday that my husband Martin will have to go in for a biopsy on Monday at the U of M . They think something may be wrong. Please pray for him and that things work out ok.

Before reading this story please click on the link above and view the WCCO channel 4 story done on Noraas and Gorman for Valentines Day 2006.

http://www.monticellotimes.com/articles/2007/04/11/news/11extreme4127.txt

My name is Bridget Gorman and our family has nominated the Noraas family originally from Faribault, MN, for ABC's Extreme Makeover Home Edition.

Erik and Heidi Noraas live in Big Lake, MN, and have 3 children, ages 15, 10 & 5. When their youngest son was 10 days old he was diagnosed with meningitis, which left him mentally disabled and requiring a lot of extra needs and help.

2 years later after this devastating news, Erik Noraas was shipped overseas to Bosnia.

Almost simultaneously Heidi was diagnosed with cancer. She will return to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, this week for two days for tests.

Erik has returned and retired after 20 years in the Minnesota Army National Guard in September of 2005. Two weeks later Heidi read a story about Martin Gorman and his need for a kidney transplant. She called her husband and told him of the story.

Donating a kidney had always been something Eric had wanted to do. The Noraas family contacted Martin Gorman about his need for a transplant. The men met and spoke and questioned each other's concerns. And decided to move forward to see if it was medically possible.

From that point Erik went through many tests at the U of MN to see if he would be a compatible match for Martin. Surprised all signs appeared to be good and they could move ahead with the procedure. This was a huge relief to Martin and me as he had been on dialysis for 7 years.

One year ago on February 15th, 2006, Erik Noraas donated one of his kidneys to my husband. It has been a year and both Erik and my husband, Martin, are doing very well.

The Noraas home is desperately in need of an Extreme Makeover. They have no room in the 1100 sq ft home for their family and son's additional help. They enjoy and welcome all friends and family in their home. In the past they have helped many people in times of need with a place to stay.There home is in need of some repairs,rotting windows and doors, unfinished rooms and floors the house also has a huge moisture problem. This may explain why the Noraas family has such trouble with sickness in the home.

Again, their son who is in ongoing speech and occupational therapy desperately needs more space so that they may improve his therapy at a more reasonable pace. Which Extreme Home Editions would be able to provide for him at home.

The Noraas also have friends who are in wheel chairs and enjoy bringing them out to their home. Unfortunately, making it very difficult for their son and friends to access the house, as there are no true ramps for them to enter the home.

Both Erik and Heidi work full time jobs and manage their family life 24/7 as many do these days. Sadly though, the two older children are often pushed aside as their 5-year-old brother takes a lot of time. Where as if they had more room and help Erik and Heidi could give more attention to the others that need their affection as well.

The house is small but is also in need of repair. The windows have rotten away. As a result of that they are dealing with some health issues from the mold growing in the windows. The children are suffering from many ear and upper repertory issues and have undergone many surgeries to repair their ears after holes have been left behind after having tubes. Their daughter, age 10; will soon be having another surgery in hopes to fix the ear she is having difficulty hearing out of.

We feel that this family has been put through enough and we would like for them to have a home that will better manage their busy schedule. They are such a deserving family and obvious believers, who still answered the door to a stranger who called out for help, after all the cards they’d been dealt and their daily struggles.

THIS ENTIRE STORY WAS HEAVEN SENT AND TRULY GOD'S HAND!

These are not useless perspectives in our attempts to improve the human condition. However, in solving the pervasive problems which have deep roots in our human motivations and emotions, we must see that socially based perspectives have little to offer. People do not destroy their families, careers, and love relationships, because they choose to, or because of their friends. They do not desire financial ruin, loss of self respect, being assaulted, or spending long and frequent periods of time incarcerated, just because its their chosen lifestyle. These are blind and ignorant attitudes.

It is apparent that a motivation, or physiological drive stronger than our conscious concerns is at work fueling our addictive behaviors. Addiction means giving up conscious control. It is impulsive, unconscious behavior.

This mandatory meth law is not going to help or teach anyone a lesson, these are not criminals who need to be punished these are human beings with an addiction. ....Instead punishing an addict for something they have very little control over, we need to help them take control of there life again and not take it all away.

My name is Meth
I destroy homes, I tear families apart,
I take your children, and that's just the start.
I'm more costly than diamonds, more precious than gold,
The sorrow I bring is a sight to behold.
If you need me, remember I am easily found,
I live all around you – in school and in town
I live with the rich, I live with the poor,
I live down the street, and maybe next door.
I'm made in a lab, but not like you think,
I can be made under the kitchen sink.
In your child's closet, and even in the woods,
If this scares you to death, well it certainly should.
I have many names, but there's one you know best,
I'm sure you heard of me, my name is crystal meth.
My power is awesome, try me you'll see,
But if you do, you may never break free.
Just try me once and I might let you go,
But try me twice, and I'll own your soul.
When I possess you, you'll steal and you'll lie,
You do what you have to do – just to get high.
The crimes you'll commit for my narcotic charms
Will be worth the pleasure you'll feel in your arms.
You'll lie to your mother, you'll steal from your dad,
When you see their tears, you should feel sad.
But you'll forget your morals and how you were raised,
I'll be your conscience, I'll teach you my ways.
I take kids from parents, and parents from kids,
I turn people from God, and separate friends.
I'll take everything from you, your looks and your pride,
I'll be with you always - - right by your side.
You'll give up everything - - your family, your home,
Your friends, your money, then you'll be alone.
I'll take and take, till you have nothing more to give,
When I'm finished with you, you'll be lucky to live.
If you try me be warned - - this is no game,
If given the chance I'll drive you insane.
I'll ravish your body, I'll control your mind,
I'll own you completely, your soul will be mine.
The nightmares I'll give you while lying in bed,
The voices you'll hear, from inside your head.
The sweats, the shakes, the visions you'll see,
I want you to know, these gifts are from me.
But then it's too late, and you'll know in your heart,
That you are mine, and we shall not part.
You'll regret that you tried me, they always do,
But you came to me, not I to you.
You knew this would happen, many times you were told,
But you challenged my power, and chose to be bold.
You could have said no, and just walked away,
If you could live that day over, now what would you say?
I'll be your master, you'll be my slave,
I'll even go with you, when you go to your grave.
Now that you have met me, what will you do?
Will you try me or not? It's all up to you.
I can bring you more misery than words can tell,
Come take my hand, let me lead you to hell.
- Judy West