Canobolas Rural Technology High School maths teacher Sulaiman Siddiqui and wife Noor-Ul-Ain have discovered a new meaning for Christmas.
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The Muslim family, originally from Pakistan, don’t celebrate Christmas as part of their religion – but now they have a real reason to celebrate the date.
Mrs Siddiqui gave birth to daughter Mariam, weighing 3.46 kilograms, at Orange hospital on Christmas Day.
Mrs Siddiqui said they named their daughter partly for the Christmas story of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
“It is Mariam, it is just, we think, Christian as well,” she said.
Mariam has three sisters, Haaniah, 8, Raabiah, 5 and Saara, one.
David Fitzsimons
I am a senior journalist at the Central Western Daily concentrating on council, government and real estate issues. Before moving to Orange I filled senior roles at the Daily Telegraph, Daily Telegraph-Mirror and the Daily Mirror in Sydney. They included being an editor, news editor, chief of staff and reporter.
I am a senior journalist at the Central Western Daily concentrating on council, government and real estate issues. Before moving to Orange I filled senior roles at the Daily Telegraph, Daily Telegraph-Mirror and the Daily Mirror in Sydney. They included being an editor, news editor, chief of staff and reporter.
