Two Egyptian doctors, Doctor Tarek Seddik and Dr. Hisham Khalef serving in the Miri Hospital had their share of experiences away from home.
Dr. Tarek Seddik has been in Malaysia for about 5 years and in Miri for more than 4 years. His family are in Egypt but the people in Miri have made him very much at home and he has many friends from different races mostly at his workplace in the Miri Hospital . The Arab Community is also growing in Miri. Many of his Arab friends come from Egypt, Oman, Algeria, Jordan, Sudan, Yemen and Iraq. They work for SARAWAK SHELL, SCHLUMBERGER, PETRONAS and CURTIN UNVERSITY. They use to come together in the morning of Hari Raya after prayer and they go to the beautiful beach in Miri or one of their friends’ house to have a friendly gathering and enjoy breakfast among themselves. In the afternoon, he visits the houses of his Malay friends and his colleagues from Miri General Hospital. He enjoys the company of so many unique races through visiting. He gets to eat food cooked by their wives and makes more friends. “How can I feel lonely any more? I have so many friends. The people of Sarawak have made my life very meaningful and make me feel so much at home that they are also like family to me.”
Picture - Doctor Tarek with Wong singing at Gymkhana Club
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