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As Noorjahan walked out of the airport in timid steps, Hani was unsure of how to welcome his mother. For a moment, he looked at her veiled face. Then hugged her tight.
It was one of those rare emotional moments - a mother meeting her lost son after 17 years.
At the Sharjah International Airport, Sudanese national Hani Nader Mergani Ali got his Indian mother back. Estranged from his mother while he was just four, Hani had been waiting for this moment since then.
Both the mother and son let their tears flow. She touched his face with affection, kissed him, hugged him again and drenched him with tears of happiness. His sister Shameera, friends, and natives of their village, Narikkuni in Kozhikode district of Kerala, witnessed the reunion.
Talha Shah, the Pakistani businessman, who made the moment possible, was also present. After reading the Khaleej Times report about the earlier reunion of Hani and his sister in Dubai, Shah came forward to offer Dubai flight ticket for his mother. Shah greeted Noorjahan with flowers and a cake.
"Happy to see you here. I hope you will enjoy your stay in the UAE with your son. And please pray for my mother who lives in Islamabad," Shah told Noorjahan after exchanging formal pleasantries.
"I will be there tomorrow to receive Hani's mother. I want to see the emotions in their eyes when they meet after all these years," Shah told Khaleej Times on Thursday.
After the first few minutes of tears, the mother-son duo held hands tight as if never wanting to part again.
"I can't believe that I got my child back. It's been a long time. But, I am scared I will lose my boy again," said Noorjahan. She fought her tears as she narrated how years passed without any news about him.
#KTImpact: #Indian mother reunites with son Hani in #Dubai after 17 years. Read the #KTExclusive - https://t.co/cs1GwJx7y3 (Anu Warrier/KT) pic.twitter.com/Rl4MfiduvJ
- Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) August 18, 2017
#KTImpact - #Indian mother Noorjahan's emotional reunion with lost son after 17 years. Read - https://t.co/cs1GwJx7y3 (Photos by Shihab/KT) pic.twitter.com/JjfdDftopi
- Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) August 18, 2017
Khaleej Times's exclusive story reunites #Indian mother with lost son after 17 years. (Anu Warrier/KT) Details - https://t.co/cs1GwJx7y3 pic.twitter.com/fwD9ZkqDdQThe flashback
- Khaleej Times (@khaleejtimes) August 18, 2017
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