We have lost a friend- Leila Abu-Saba

I regret to inform the SST community that Leila Abu-Saba has left us all after reaching the end of her long struggle with cancer.

Requiescat in pace.  pl

http://mondoweiss.net/2009/10/goodbye-to-leila-abu-saba.html

Comments

[Brad Ruble]

I came to this site from Dove's Eye View. My thoughts go out to her family.

[confusedponderer]

That is lamentable. I like her blog, and her cooking recipes.

Farewell.

[F]

RIP

[-bwg]

I'm very sad to hear this news. My thoughts, too, are with her family.

[Maureen Lang]

How very sad for her family. I always enjoyed reading Leila's comments here at SST & found my way to her blog through them, which is a wonderful blog. My husband's sister also passed away from cancer last week, so this prayer is for them both:

Réquiem ætérnam dona eis, Dómine,
et lux perpétua lúceat eis.
Requiéscant in pace.

My thoughts & prayers go out to Leila's family during this difficult time.

[Cold War Zoomie]

Very sad news. RIP.

[jdledell]

I have followed Leila's comments in various forums for a long time. She always had a perspective which caused me to pause and think. I will miss her and my thoughts and prayers are with her family.

[peg]

RIP, Leila....

[gloria p]

How sad for all of us who followed her life and illness. I have "known" Leila online for quite a few years and she was a bright, interesting, talented woman.

My sincere sympathy to her husband and sons.

[Sidney O. Smith III]

I am saddened to hear of the passing of Leila Abu-Saba. She always came across as courageous, thoughtful and caring, the best of the Telegraph Ave - Berkeley spirit. And she certainly helped deepen my appreciation of the veneration of St. George by Arabs and Muslims.

Blessed are the peacemakers…

[Carlo Milono]

We had a few private conversations - I found her a smart, kind person and a potential friend with many mutual interests.

[Nancy K]

I read today with sadness about Leila's passing. I found her blog through your site and have enjoyed her articles and her wonderful recipes.

[zanzibar]

RIP Leila! We will miss you and your humanity.

[jr786]

Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un.

Condolences to her family.

[11B40]

Condolences to her family and friends and to all who enjoyed her writings. This news is very saddening.

[ThomasG]

I always liked her comments on the blog. My thoughts go out to her family. God willing she is in peace now.

[mo]

As most of us only know her virtually, we can only mourn the loss of a person who brought a lot of humanity and sympathy to subjects ususally hugely absent of both and a compassion that will sorely be missed.

My sympathies go to her family & friends who will feel the loss far greater than us.

Allah yirhamik ya Leila

[William R. Cumming]

I am sorry for the blog because Leila had a unique and very informative perspective on many posts. I also am sorry very sorry for her family. Odd how often cancer when it strikes the young and very young is so destructive. Disclosure--am a cancer survivor myself.

[Matthew]

And I also enjoyed her well-written posts followed by her Arabic name.

[David Habakkuk]

A most civilised lady. I will miss her comments.

[William P. Fitzgerald III]

Pat Lang,

I've looked forward to reading her thoughtful and well-phrased postings on SST. She was a truly gentle person and I should like to extend my sympathy to her family and friends.

Sincerely,

WPFIII

[JimV]

Her "Hello Kind World" post at http://bedouina.typepad.com/ is one of very few blog posts that I have printed to a file so that I can read it again and again.

[jonst]

Leila added a truly unique, and insightful, perspective to the STT community. She will be missed. I hope for peace and recovery for her family and loved ones.

[Babak Makkinejad]

No man is an island, entire of itself.
Every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.

If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were.

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind

and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls it tolls for thee.

[Bill Wade, NH]

My sympathies to the family.