Dear Friends and Families,

Asalaamu alaikum wa’rahmatullahi wa barakatu.  My son, Mohamed, was gentle, extremely caring and a creative soul.  I remember when he was a young boy and his elementary school decided to build a play structure, Mohamed was there to volunteer. He picked up tools, wood, and supplies and delivered them to the volunteers, he held a shovel and dug holes for the foundation, he passed out water bottles to the adults and he helped me make sandwiches for lunch. Later on, as a young man he volunteered at our local mosque. He vacuumed the lines for prayer and provided security for the congregants during prayers with so much joy and laughter in his eyes.

He was full of wonder and possessed a great deal of creative energy. He would take an old video player or a TV set and break it apart to see if he was able to put it back together again. Most of the time, he didn’t. That didn’t matter to me. What mattered was that he was being who he was, a young boy who loved to explore and tinker. As an adult he still loved cars and loved working on old cars, he pursued a license to run smog checks on vehicles hoping to one day have his own shop.

That WAS my son. A beautiful young boy with an amazing heart. He was taken from me unexpectedly. My arms ache to hold him. My eyes swell with tears of longing to see him. My ears are silenced from the lack of hearing his voice and laughter. My heart aches with the pain of his loss. 

To honor him and as a means of continuing charity on his behalf, our Peace Terrace community established the Mohamed Sbeih Scholarship Fund in 1997.  Our hope is that through the fund we are able to help families, provide financial support, and to brighten the lives of our students with the gift of knowledge.

May Allah reunite us with our loved ones in the best of abodes.

With Duas,

Ms. Sonia