Zubaida Abdel Aal confirmed that she had never heard of the Hollywood star before, but she wished her that “God would embrace her with his generosity and not make her need anyone because loneliness is bad and lonely.”
The 87-year-old Egyptian Zubaida Abdel-Aal, who has a “literacy certificate,” responded to the international star Angelina Jolie, who supported her and supported her struggle, with a photo on Instagram.
Hours ago, social networking sites were buzzing with a picture published by international star Angelina Jolie on her account on the “Instagram” site for the Egyptian elderly woman, who is in the examination committee, as a successful model for her audience, who interacted remarkably with the picture. This publication aroused great interest in the story of the elderly woman, who spoke about her old age and harsh conditions when she was 87 years old.
The Egyptian elderly woman said in statements to Al-Arabiya.net that she thanks the international star who cared about her story and published about it, stressing that she had not heard of her before because she does not follow cinema or international newspapers, but she learned about her after she dealt with her story and heard from her grandchildren and neighbors that she is an international artist. Everyone knows her, adding that she thanks her and is happy with what she wrote about her.
The Egyptian elderly woman said, “God sends her supportive signs,” and the international artist’s message was “among those signs,” which assures her that she is on the right path, and that seeking knowledge does not depend on a specific age group, but rather everyone must seek it until death.
The Egyptian elderly woman prayed for the international artist, and said that she prays to God to “cure her from the disease and include her in his generosity and not make her need anyone because loneliness is bad and lonely,” stressing that she turned to education and literacy to spend her free time, especially after the marriage of her children and the preoccupation of each of them with his home and his family.
It is noteworthy that Hajja Zubaida Abdel-Aal had taken the literacy exams in the Menoufia Governorate as part of the “No Illiteracy with Solidarity” initiative launched by the Egyptian Ministry of Solidarity, after she reached the age of 87, to achieve a dream she had always wished for. And she got the certificate she wanted to write an inspiring story for many who did not learn to read and write.
And she had confirmed in a previous interview with Al-Arabiya.net that she insisted on educating her 8 children and three sisters after the death of her father, who considered that education was not required for females.
