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Rep. Ilhan Omar Announces Father's Death Due to Coronavirus Complications
due to complications from COVID-19.Omar shared a public statement in which she paid tribute to her father and shared a Quranic quote, written in Arabic, that she translated as, «Surely we belong to God and to him shall we return.»«It is with tremendous sadness and pain that I share that my father, Nur Omar Mohamed, passed away today due to complications from COVID-19,» Omar, 37, shared. «No words can describe what he meant to me and all who knew him,» she continued. «My family and I ask for your respect and privacy during this time.»She shared the news in a tribute on social media as well, alongside a photo of herself and her father.إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ Surely we belong to God and to him shall we return.