Help Bring Noor and Ramsay Home

August 22, 2010 By 2 Comments

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Imagine that you went to pick your children up one day and they weren’t there. Shortly after, you received a phone call threatening that you would never see your children again if you reported them missing. The phone number traces back to Egypt and the male caller spoke with an English accent. You realize that your children have been kidnapped. You suspect they have been taken to Egypt. This suspicion is then confirmed when you find out that their mother (and your ex-wife) used falsified Egyptian passports to kidnap the children and take them thousands and thousands of miles away from your home. In your search to find them you travel that long journey 5 times over the course of a year in hopes of finding any clue that will lead you to be reunited with your children.

Sound like a script for a new movie or book? Sound like your worse possible nightmare?

Unfortunately, it is neither a movie or a book. It is a nightmare but one that is being lived in reality and not in a dream state.

It is the story of the past year for my friend and colleague, Colin Bower.  You can watch Colin talk about his situation in a recent interview that was done with the Boston-based ABC affiliate.

For those wondering why this is the first they’re hearing about it, Colin has worked through the legal system for the past year and chosen not to make his struggle public. There has been a US federal warrant issued for the arrest of Colin’s ex-wife, Mirvat el Nady on charges of kidnapping and there is also an outstanding international Interpol red notice which has been issued. There has been an Egyptian court order also issued ordering Colin the right to visit with his children, Noor, aged 8 and Ramsay, aged 6. There is still much work being done by the US government to help bring Noor and Ramsay home safely. But, now, Colin is turning to the community for help in bringing awareness to the situation.

Are you willing to help raise awareness so that Colin can be reunited with his children? There are multiple ways that you can help bring Noor and Ramsay home:

  1. Head over to the Facebook Page that has been set up and “like” the page.
  2. Contact the Egyptian government and urge them to help: embassy@egyptembassy.net
  3. Create a video, photo, or message and upload to the Facebook Page, YouTube, Vimeo and/or your blog. Tag it “noorramsay” so that it can be found easily.
  4. Thank Senator John Kerry for his support thus far: support@johnkerry.com
  5. Share the Facebook Page with your friends, family and colleagues encouraging them to also “like” the page and carry it forward.
  6. Show your support on Twitter and encourage your network to help Noor and Ramsay by using the hashtag #noorramsay

Thank you for the help and everything you do from here. You have the power to make a difference in this very difficult situation.

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  • http://www.kherize5.com Suzanne Vara

    Justin

    A few days late but certainly not a few days short of knowing the story. Thanks to you and many within your community that brought this to all of our attention. This is a heartbreaking story – on many fronts. Apparent messy divorce, the children caught in the middle being taken away so trusting of their mom which after a few days so confused and yet never knowing that they might not see their dad again. How can one person be so selfish? Selfish to take the children away from their father (whom as we know was awarded custody for a reason) but also when caught she will have them taken away from her. Irrational but yet in this story and many others premeditated.

    I promise you it is no pleasure spending 20K + to want to relocate with your child but kidnapping is never an answer. Let the non custodial parent choose not the see the child by not showing up but do not make that decision for them nor the children. The courts do not always rule the way people want, but live here, abide by the laws and go through the courts as the minute you take the children, is the minute you lost them.

    You and the rest of your community have helped him come forward as he never would have.

  • anon.

    This woman has no idea what she has done to her children. The courts would not have given him full custody of the children unless there was substantial reason to do so. For her to turn around and take those boys from their safe and loving home is so horrible, regardless of religion or beliefs it was wrong. The children belong with the parent that can provide a home with all the essentials of life. Where they feel safe.