Dearest friends and family,

We are heartbroken to share the news that our beloved father and husband, Mohamad Sami has passed.

We will be laying him to rest next Wednesday 22nd December, first with a service in the Hall at Kingston Cemetery from 11:00 – 11:30, followed by burial at Long Ditton Cemetery at 12:00. Directions to both are provided below.

If you wish to share a memory or to send a message to be read out on your behalf (or a voice recording to be played) please let us know so that we can make time for this during the service. We must receive recordings no later than 10pm GMT on Friday 17th December. Please note that as it is a 30 minute service only we may not be able to broadcast them all.

We understand that in the current circumstances, many of you will not be comfortable with, or able to travel to attend in person, and will wish to minimise social contacts particularly so close to the Christmas period when we will be spending time with loved ones. We completely respect and encourage you to choose how you would like to mark Sami’s passing in the way in which you feel most comfortable. In light of this, please note:

• We welcome guests at the service at Kingston which will be held in the Hall, and will also be live streamed online. Details to access this are shared below. For those who wish to attend the service, masks must be worn at all times.
• The burial will take place outside and a video of the burial will also be recorded. Details of this will be shared as soon as possible after the service. Please note that there is no covered area at Long Ditton Cemetery and therefore it may be subject to inclement weather.
• In light of current pandemic conditions and to minimise the risks of indoor gathering, the memorial celebration provisionally scheduled for 22nd January will now be deferred until April 2022, subject to any restrictions and government guidelines that may be in place at that time. We will be in touch to provide further details closer to the time.

We have been overwhelmed with the love, support and heartfelt messages of kindness that have been shared in the past few days and which have been an enormous comfort at this incredibly difficult time.

With sincere gratitude,

Dalal, Rewa, Rewand, Jon and our families