RIP Nur Omar Mohamed, Father of Ilhan Omar, Dead from the COVID-19 Coronavirus

[lpetrich]

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's father dies from coronavirus complications - CBS News
Rep. Ilhan Omar says her father Nur Omar Mohamed died from coronavirus complications - CNNPolitics
Ilhan Omar on Twitter: (her announcement) / Twitter

إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ

Surely we belong to God and to him shall we return.

It is with tremendous sadness and pain to say goodbye to my father, Nur Omar Mohamed. No words can describe what he meant to me and all who knew and loved him.

CNN's transcription of the Arabic: "Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'cuun."

IO's father and her in happier times:
Ilhan Omar on Twitter: "23 years ago, from a refugee camp in Kenya, my father and I arrived at an airport in Washington DC.
Today, we return to that same airport on the eve of my swearing in as the first Somali-American in Congress.
#Hope #Ilhan https://t.co/jVeP3DOipN" / Twitter

Sen. Elizabeth Warren says her oldest brother died of coronavirus - CNNPolitics
Rep. Maxine Waters says her sister died from coronavirus - CNNPolitics

 

[Rhea]

Sad for her, and Warren and Waters.